Chanegriha alert: African crises, arenas of foreign powers geopolitical agendas

The Army Chief of Staff, Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Defense and Chief of Staff of the National People’s Army Saïd Chanegriha said on Monday that security crises in Africa “are no longer solely the product of internal factors”, but are now “influenced by the intersection of foreign agendas” which are turning some regions of the continent into “spaces open to the recomposition of power relations and the expansion of influences.”

Supervising the opening of a national symposium entitled “The Algerian Approach to Building Security and Peace in Africa” at the National Army Circle in Beni Messous, the Army Chief of Staff emphasized that behind conflicts “seemingly silent” lies a confrontation “profound in its stakes and multifaceted in its instruments”. He stated that high geopolitical sensitivity zones have become the center of rivalries where “the structural weaknesses of states and internal political divisions are exploited to reshape realities”, sometimes by creating “parallel structures” or promoting “separatist movements.”

The Chief of Staff of the ANP specified that Algeria is proposing, through this symposium, a coherent and integrated approach to African security, in line with the “major orientations of Algerian foreign policy in its African dimension.” “We are working,” he declared, “to define an Algerian approach to peace and security based on clear principles: establishment of balanced partnerships, common African action, rejection of externally imposed solutions, primacy of dialogue, and respect for the sovereignty of states.”

The Chief of Staff also emphasized the “responsibility of African countries in strengthening their national capacities and sovereign immunity”, a necessary condition to build “a safe, stable, and united African space, sheltered from dependence and submission.”

R. N.