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West Africa and the Sahel, between security challenges and the need to consolidate peace

On 24 July 2019, the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, presented to the UN Security Council, the report of the Secretary-General on peace consolidation in West Africa and the Sahel.

03 Dec 2019

Meeting on Peace and Security within the Mano River Union

26 Nov 2019

UNOCA – UNOWAS – EU concluded a four-day joint visit to Nigeria

Abuja, 22 November 2019- As part of the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2349 (2017), the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and the system-wide UN strategy on the Lake Chad Basin crisis, the Special Re

22 Nov 2019

Visiting Guinea, Mohamed Ibn Chambas calls on stakeholders to dialogue (FR)

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18 Nov 2019

“Women have real leadership, but our societies are often conservative”

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

12 Nov 2019

On the eve of the presidential elections in 2020, ECOWAS and UNOWAS concluded a joint two-day visit to Togo (FR)

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12 Nov 2019

Mohamed Ibn Chambas welcomes the approval of the parity law by the parliament of Cabo Verde

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.

05 Nov 2019

Buyoya and Ibn Chambas commend the work achieved by Chad, and encourage Niger to continue to mobilize for the Sahel development (FR)

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04 Nov 2019

Defence Attache's Conference on Preventing and managing inter-communal violence in West Africa and the Sahel. 24 October in Dakar.

Defense and security staff discuss innovative ways to resolve intercommunal violence in West Africa and the Sahel

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

29 Oct 2019