countering

Nor do they have an easy way of countering it.

Agoa has long been viewed as an important tool of US soft power, especially in countering the growing influence of China and Russia in Africa.

They share interests in advancing non-Western economic models, countering Islamist terrorism and rejecting what they deem US moral crusading.

The Office of the Lady Chief Justice said the judiciary understood that domestic violence had become a "pervasive scourge on society" and were fully committed to playing their part in countering it.

It said these abductions were taking place amid a "concerning reduction in American leadership in countering these crimes".