The President of Nigeria Bola Tinubu said last Monday, during his speech at the African high-level meeting on the fight against terrorism in Abuja, that to defeat terrorism in Africa, the continent's leaders must also tackle to illegal mining.

In order to dry up the sources of financing for terrorists, it would be important to combat illegal mining, one of their main means of financing. According to the 'É Nigerian head of state, é “those who think that ' è mining mill é Gale has ' no connection with the financing of terrorism and is deeply mistaken. ' The é international community has a moral obligation and é It is worth contributing to à this cause, because it is external funding é Laughers, not African money, that fuel these illegal operations ”. For the latter, beyond the armed struggle, the leaders are working to block the means of financing of extremist groups, but the fight against illegal mining is far from