Africa needs to break free from the four major insecurities that threaten the development of any nation, the head of Mashav, Israel’s Agency for International Development, Gil Haskel, told delegates to the third biannual Africa Leadership Summit (ALS) in Jerusalem from August 27 to 30. Haskel, who was formerly ambassador to Kenya and non-resident ambassador to Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, and the Seychelles, told the gathering of African Christian and business leaders that food, water, border and personal security were necessary pillars for any nation to achieve meaningful development. He noted that Israel was the only country connected to Africa by land and that just like Africa, Israel had suffered a history of colonisation.“But Israel has overcome all these insecurities and is willing to share these victories with Africa,” he…
