Former Minister of Culture (2001) of Senegal, Professor of Muslim and Western Middle Ages History at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Mrs.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-general and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, welcomes the approval of the Parity Law by the Parliament of Cabo Verde.

For several years, security threats have increased in West Africa and the Sahel, to the point of dangerously jeopardizing peace and stability of States.