# West Africa cannot simply import security models without accounting for local realities - WAMS - MyJoyOnline

> Deputy Minister for the Interior, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, argued that successful security approaches should be adapted to local circumstances rather than transferred wholesale from one jurisdiction to another.

- Published: 2026-09-28T17:00:44.513Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T17:00:44.513Z
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- Topics: Politics
- Involves: Accra, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, Keara Shaw, Nigel Stanier, West Africa Mining Security Conference, regional platform

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