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Dakar, April 20, 2025 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded yesterday a two-day working visit to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Dakar, 17 April 2025 - As part of his continued engagement, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Afri
Dakar, 3 April 2025 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (U
Dakar, 28 February 2025 - The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and for Central Africa (UNOCA) organized a workshop on strengthening pe
Dakar, 22 February 2025 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, today concluded a two-day visit to Mali.
Dakar, 20 February 2025 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, today concluded a visit to Mauritania.
As part of the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2349 (2017) on the Lake Chad Basin crisis, the Special Representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Africa, Abdou Abarry and for West
Dakar, 20 December 2024– The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, today presented to the United Nations Security Council the latest report of t
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, condemns the violent clashes at the Capitol Hill that erupted on December 17 in Monrovia between the Liberia Nationa
On Human Rights Day, we face a harsh truth.
Human rights are under assault. Tens of millions of people are mired in poverty, hunger, poor health and education systems that have not yet fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.