Nigeria: Mali Crisis and the OIC

19 February 2013

En route France and the United Kingdom penultimate week, President Goodluck Jonathan made a stopover in Cairo, Egypt, to register Nigeria's presence at the 12th Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Top of the agenda at the Cairo meeting were the conflicts that many of its members -Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, and Mali-are grappling with.

OIC Secretary General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in the opening address remarked, "As for the situation in Mali, which is facing multiple challenges with serious regional and international implications, it impresses on us the need to work earnestly with all parties concerned to address the root-causes of the conflict. We shall continue our efforts until this objective is met."

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