Richard Gyane
Major General Richard Gyane is the Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. He has expressed serious concerns regarding the surge in terrorist activities in the Sahel region, noting a dramatic increase in terrorism-related deaths from 1% globally in 2007 to 43% by 2023 in West Africa. Gyane warns of the expanding threat of extremist groups into coastal countries and underscores the link between terrorism and organized crime.
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