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-1608621997.jpg "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 ...
UN chief urges scaled up response for peace, across troubled Sahel’s region
New York: Humanitarian and development responses for Mali and Africa’s wider Sahel region “are falling short”, and support must be scaled up to ensure a hopeful future f ...
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 ...
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 ...
