Buya Jammeh, AfricaNews reporter in Dakar, Senegal
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Said Djinnit, has said the political and military crisis facing Mali since last January is "a serious source of threat" to peace and security in the West African region. The UNOWA official was speaking at joint press conference aimed at "synchronizing the regional response" to the political crises.
"The situation in Mali, particularly in the north, is only a source of major threat to Mali, but also for West Africa and internationally globally on the other hand," he said at a press conference he hosted with other heads of peacekeeping missions the UN.
According to Said Djinnit the situation in Mali remains a serious concern, not only because of the coup, but the rebellion raging in the north and especially the various terrorist groups that are armed. "This is really worrying and threats to the Sahel "argued Djinnit.
He said the UN is willing to support countries neighbouring Mali in their efforts to fight against terrorism. "We will support all sub-regional initiatives to fight against terrorists present in northern Mali," the UNOWA boss emphasized, citing, "among other terrorist groups AQIM (Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb) and the Boko haram ".
According to him they will always support dialogue in the search for lasting solutions with the rebels, but he was quick that in case negotiations fail, the Economic Community of African States Western (ECOWAS) intends to use an armed force and has already begun possible military deployment in Mali."
ECOWAS chairman, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara condemned "the refusal of the Mali and Guinea-Bissau juntas to accept ECOWAS decisions."
"The defiance of the two military juntas is leading us to take further steps to implement our organisation's decisions," he added.
Six Guinea-Bissau coup leaders were slapped with an assets freeze and travel ban by the European Union as the meeting opened, just days after ECOWAS imposed targeted sanctions against the junta.
The Dakar summit comes eight days after the regional leaders met in Abidjan, scrambling to find a solution to the new setbacks in a historically troubled region.
For his part Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, disclose his country has will join the team of the military mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Guinea Bissau by sending an engineering company.
Speaking at the opening at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Guinea Bissau and Mali held in Dakar Thursday, the president Sall said ' 'the situation is not evolving in a positive way''.
According to him, the development of the situation in Mali is a cause for concern,'' adding everyone must understand that ECOWAS has other goals to regional solidarity in action to help a brother country out of the bad passes through a transition successful policy.
He stressed that Africa and the world are watching. ''Everyone must accept the path of dialogue and making an analysis of conscience before facing the consequences of continuing this situation,'' the Senegalese president urged.
The Senegalese leader said the success of our efforts will depend on our ability to mobilize substantial resources for the restoration of peace, which said is an essential condition for development.
Guinea Bissau junta initially accepted a 12-month transition programme brokered by the region, however three days later talks in Banjul collapsed and ECOWAS slapped the coup leaders with sanctions, saying Indjai was not willing to negotiate.
Citing in a statement the "seriousness of the current situation in Guinea-Bissau" the EU approved targeted restrictive measures against six of the coup leaders.
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Said Djinnit, has said the political and military crisis facing Mali since last January is "a serious source of threat" to peace and security in the West African region. The UNOWA official was speaking at joint press conference aimed at "synchronizing the regional response" to the political crises.
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