Conflict

Joint UN-INTERPOL operation disrupts firearms supply to terrorist networks in West Africa and Sahel

New York: An international operation coordinated jointly by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the international police organization INTERPOL has disrupted trafficking networks that supply terrorist groups across West Africa and the Sahel, the UN agency reported on Monday. more

'Unprecedented terrorist violence' in West Africa, Sahel region

New York/IBNS: The top UN official in West Africa and the Sahel updated the Security Council on Wednesday, describing an “unprecedented" rise in terrorist violence across the r ...

More attacks, ‘persisting security challenges’ threaten progress in West Africa, Sahel

New York: A rising number of attacks by extremist groups, using more sophisticated tactics, risk undermining progress in West Africa and the Sahel, the region’s UN envoy told the Se ...

Crime and drugs in West and Central Africa: Security Council highlights 'new alarming trends’

New York, Dec 20: West and Central Africa faces “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and other crimes, according to Yury Fedotov, Exe ...

Boko Haram attacks, human trafficking threaten progress in West Africa and Sahel – UN envoy

New York, Jan 12 (JEN): The security situation in West Africa and the Sahel remains of grave concern, the United Nations envoy for the region said Thursday, warning that while there had b ...

Security Council cites terrorism, deteriorating humanitarian conditions as challenges for West Africa

New York, July 25 (Just Earth News): The Security Council on Monday welcomed recent positive political developments in some West African countries, but expressed concern over the threat of t ...

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