African countries need to build strong institutions of the army, the police, intelligence and judiciary to forestall wars that cause displacement, affirmed President Yoweri Museveni, Thursday. “One problem I get when talking with the West is that they don’t think a strong state matters. They tend to think you can preach to terrorists in church and they reform. We need to build strong state institutions,” he said. Mr. Museveni also stressed the need to put in place processes of resettlement, enact national legislations and cost sharing agreements with the international community, writes AllAfrica. Only three presidents attended the summit: Robert Mugabe from Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda of Zambia and Mohammed Abdelaziz of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.
