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Women make up more than half of the world's population. They have always been involved in finding solutions to the various conflicts in many societies. Nations cannot develop without the effective involvement of women…

Mohamed Ibn Chambas: “Burkina Faso is one of the countries where, we, as a collective of development, humanitarian and peace actors, can, together with the Government, focus on preventing the current crisis from further…

Some Senegalese citizens did not only vote in the presidential election, but they wanted to wear the observer’s cap to help organize a peaceful election, thus contributing to the consolidation of democracy in Senegal. On 24…

Tuwindi, a Malian organization that promotes social and economic development using information and communication technologies. it is active in the areas of governance, democracy, citizenship and human rights. It has provided…

The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission has been established in 2002 to facilitate the implementation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment on the Cameroon-Nigeria boundary dispute as well as the demarcating of…

Mrs. Metsi Makhetha, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Burkina Faso since 2016, talks about the security and humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso. She also talks about the support of the United Nations and the…

The presidential election held on 24 February 2019 revealed the political maturity of the Senegalese people, who were mobilized across all social categories to elect the president of the Republic of Senegal. I have never…

Ayisha Osori is the Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). She’s is the writer of the book “Love does not win elections”. A personal experience that talks about politics and elections in…

Given Nigeria’s strategic position in West Africa and in the continent, and given the internal challenges, it was vital to support Nigeria in conducting peaceful, free and credible elections. This is the work that UNOWAS…

The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, visited respectively Sierra Leone and Liberia from 23 to 25 May. On 23…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, conducted today a three-day visit to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania…

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