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Today, West Africa and the Sahel region is considered to be one of the main regions on the African continent to make significant progress in the area of security sector reform. Both at the policy and national levels.
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Security creates the space where other development, political economic and social developments can take place. Credit: IFAD
International conference on hybrid safety governance in Africa, 21 to 22 July 2017 in Accra, Ghana.
SRSG Mohammed Ibn Chambas briefs the Security Council on the situation of West Africa region and the Sahel. 13 July 2017 - United Nations, New York.
Participants at the Steering Committee of the UNISS at UNOWAS HQ, on Friday 23 June
Fifth meeting of the Ministerial Coordination Platform (MCP) of Sahel strategies, 14 June 2017 in Ndjamena, Chad
A Banjul, une statue commémorant le coup d’Etat du 22 juillet 1994, par lequel Yahya Jammeh était arrivé au pouvoir, est recouverte d’un T-shirt sur lequel est inscrit « La Gambie a décidé ». Crédits : SEYLLOU/AFP
The flag of the Islamic Republic of the Gambia (centre) flying at United Nations headquarters in New York.
Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), briefs the Security Council. 13 January 2017. United Nations, New York.
