CAIRO – Egypt’s Interior Ministry hosted on Monday an Interpol workshop titled “Emerging methods of terrorist organisations and phenomena in the Middle East and Africa.”
The three-day workshop sees the participation of senior officials from 27 countries including Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Djibouti, Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, Congo, Senegal, Germany, Belgium, and the United States.
Experts from six international and regional organisations are also taking part in the workshop, including, the European Union (EU), UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Counter-Terrorism Office, and secretaries of G5 Sahel countries.
The workshop is set to discuss the latest developments pertaining to terrorist activities in the regional and international arenas in addition to terrorist threats, with a focus on emerging terrorist phenomena and the best means for confronting them.
