East African Intelligence Chiefs Meet to Address Security Threats and Boost Cooperation
• Heads of Intelligence from Eastern Africa meet in Mombasa to discuss enhancing security cooperation and addressing shared threats
• Officials from 15 countries are in attendance to find ways to strengthen collaboration between intelligence agencies
• Deputy President Gachagua opened the conference, urging participants to share assessments of regional threats and opportunities
• Speakers highlighted terrorism, organized crime, extremism, illegal trades, and cyber threats as key security challenges facing the region
• The conference aims to improve frameworks for cooperation through information sharing, capacity building, and engaging communities in security efforts