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Youths display their voters ID cards in Freetown. Credit: UN
Following on my previous visit to Sierra Leone in November last year, I have just concluded a five day visit in order to continue consultations on preparations for the presidential and parliamentary elections announced to take place on 7 March 2018.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, strongly condemns yesterday’s deadly attack against a United Nations Technical Monitoring Team that was conducting a f
1. Following the Decision of the Summit of the ECOWAS Authority taken on 17th December 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria, Mediation efforts, including visits to Banjul, were undertaken by the Chair of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, HE President Ellen Jo
The flag of the Islamic Republic of the Gambia (centre) flying at United Nations headquarters in New York.
The Gambian President Adama Barrow has indicated that he will return to his homeland on Thursday, accompanied by a senior UN official.
Good morning to everyone,
To start, let me take this opportunity to wish you all a happy new year 2017.
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.
Leaders from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS have returned to The Gambia in efforts to resolve the country's electoral crisis, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
1 July – 31 December 2016
By Mohamed Ibn Chambas
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOWAS
30th High-level Meeting of Heads of UN Missions in West Africa. Monrovia, 21 December 2016
30th High-level Meeting of Heads of UN Missions in West Africa
Monrovia, 21 December 2016
Heads of States and Partners during the 50th ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS. Abuja, 17 December 2016. Photo:DR
THE 50th ORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)
Abuja, 17 December 2016
Speech by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas,
Regional Open Day on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel. December 16, 2016 in Abuja
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