Algerian Army Chief Warns Foreign Agendas Fuel Africa’s Insecurity
By Dr. Hana Saada
Algeria’s army chief Saïd Chanegriha said on Monday that external interference is a central driver of insecurity across Africa, arguing that foreign agendas are reshaping conflicts into arenas of geopolitical competition at the expense of regional stability.
Speaking at the opening of a national seminar in Algiers titled “The Algerian Approach to Building Peace and Security in Africa”, Chanegriha said security crises on the continent can no longer be attributed solely to internal factors. Instead, he said, they are increasingly “shaped by external agendas” that have turned parts of Africa into spaces for recalibrating power and influence.
The event, held at the National Army Club in Beni Messous, was attended by Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb, senior government officials and top military commanders, reflecting the strategic weight Algeria assigns to continental security issues.
Chanegriha said current conflicts are driven by overlapping considerations of power, resources and geostrategic positioning, describing a “silent but profound” confrontation marked by multidimensional tools. He added that such dynamics are particularly acute in geopolitically sensitive regions, where external actors exploit internal fragilities, fuel political divisions and, in some cases, encourage separatist trajectories or impose faits accomplis lacking national or regional consensus.
Against this backdrop, he said the seminar aims to outline a structured Algerian approach to Africa’s peace and security architecture, grounded in the country’s foreign policy principles. These include balanced partnerships, strengthened African cooperation, rejection of externally imposed solutions, prioritisation of dialogue and respect for state sovereignty—principles championed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Algeria, he added, consistently calls on African states to reinforce their national capacities and sovereign resilience as a prerequisite for collective stability, advocating a security model based on mutual respect, solidarity and inter-state cooperation free from dependency.
Discussions during the seminar, led by experts and researchers, focused on the continent’s evolving security challenges and the contours of a coordinated African response, with contributions feeding into policy recommendations.
Algeria has repeatedly warned of the destabilising impact of foreign interference in Africa, including at high-level forums such as the Oran Process on peace and security. Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf has argued that crisis resolution mechanisms are too often dominated by external actors, calling for the African Union to reclaim a central role under the principle of “African solutions to African problems.”
Under President Tebboune, Algeria has intensified its multilateral engagement, promoting a security-development nexus and positioning African stability as a global concern. The country’s diplomacy reflects a consistent line: external interference is not peripheral to Africa’s crises—it is structural.
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