chukwuemeka: i think i argue with mike. i think a fundamental thing that needs to happen is we need to decentralize as much as possible the security architecture. i think that for a very long time, we tend to ignore local capacity and through the reporting mechanism, i am thinking we will improve on the information management process and that would be the police or security agents who would be ahead of the crime. what i see more is they are ahead of the security agents and that is because we tend to relegate the intelligence mechanisms and want a siation where the police or the army who are not from those l@@alities are posted to those places and without any kind of nexus between what they do and what intelligence can do and that has affected the chain of communication and the chain of information. it can be very difficult for local intelligence to play a role in this. hashem: as a former director of state security service and for our viewers to understand what's happening, it is difficult for many people to think about mor

is head of the sad program at the institute for security studies joining us from accra in ghana chukwuemeka as a executive director of the west africa network for peace building and in yeah one day in cameroon. president of africa international media group a warm welcome to you all or no let me start with you today france is considering reducing its military commitment in the south is it likely that that would be announced at this summit yes indeed. ahead of this summit wraps up already is going to mean you know number of. laurentian statements and the doubts the possibility of them because it just seems there. it's not exactly clear what this means. is that in states you know. proud of their presence no reduction or there really is an end to the region and an easy exit wounds would be able to sleep at the presidents the. data that will sentiment last year this leaders and their. mission were in the direction of. rehabilitation. mentioned the names at the same time it's raise questions about whether this is the right time. when national armies be made but the hurdle in this mother of how mu