The Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army, General of the Army Saïd Chengriha, stated:
“Security challenges in Africa are no longer merely the result of internal factors alone, but are increasingly influenced by the overlap of external agendas that have turned some African crises into open arenas for reshaping the balance of power and expanding influence. In these arenas, considerations of power, resources, and strategic locations intersect within a conflict that appears silent on the surface, yet is profound in its stakes and multidimensional in its instruments.”
In a speech he delivered on Monday while presiding over the proceedings of the national symposium on “The Algerian Approach to Building Security and Peace in Africa,” as reported by the official account of Algeria’s Ministry of National Defense, the Chief of Staff explained that:
“The situation is becoming increasingly complex in regions of high geopolitical sensitivity, where internal conflicts are being exploited by external calculations seeking to invest in the structural weaknesses of state systems, along with the political divisions that accompany them. This is done in order to reshape realities—sometimes through the creation of parallel entities, the promotion of separatist paths, or the imposition of a fait accompli by granting legitimacy to arrangements that lack national or regional consensus.”
The symposium, attended by Algerian Prime Minister “Youcef Cherfa” along with a high-level ministerial delegation, is being held with the aim of formulating a proposed Algerian approach to building peace and security in Africa. According to the same source, this approach is based on clear principles and founded on a coherent and integrated vision of African relations.
The Algerian Army Chief of Staff added that this approach “is aligned with the major orientations of Algeria’s foreign policy in its African dimension, as emphasized by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the Republic, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Minister of National Defense. These include the need to establish balanced partnerships, promote joint African action, reject imposed external solutions, prioritize dialogue, and respect state sovereignty.
Saïd Chengriha also stressed that “Algeria consistently emphasizes the responsibility of African states to strengthen the foundations of their national power and consolidate their sovereign resilience, enabling them to collectively contribute to building a secure and stable African space based on mutual respect, solidarity, and mutually beneficial inter-African relations—far from any logic of dependency or subordination,” according to the same source.
Source: Algerian Ministry of National Defense
