13 July 2017 – Amid rising terrorism and violent extremism in West Africa and the United Nations envoy for the region called on the Security Council to further support national and Regional efforts to combat this "serious threat", including strengthening the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. ...

Political Will Needed in Fighting Boko Haram, Delegates Stress, as Bolivia, Russian Federation Warn against Interventionism, ‘Outside Meddling’ Despite laudable progress towards democratic consolidation, the security situation in West Africa and the Sahel remained a concern, the Secretary-General’s...

En assemblée générale extraordinaire, tenue à la Pyramide de souvenir, la plateforme “An te A Bana ne touche pas à ma constitution” passe à l’offensive. Elle dit avoir son plan pour faire retirer le projet de révision de la constitutionnelle. Après la déclaration du président de la République, Ib...

A poor, sun-scorched Sahel country, Niger is rapidly becoming a key U.S. and Western counterterrorism ally. The former French colony already hosts French troops, and, as part of its TransSahara Counter-Terrorism Initiative, the United States is building a $100 million drone base there to monitor an...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is shocked to hear about the reported deaths of 44 desperate migrants and refugees in the Sahara Desert this week - including women and children. Survivor accounts suggest a group of 50 people was on their way to Libya when their truck broke down between the cities of A...

NOUAKCHOTT – The Government of Japan has provided US$6 million for the humanitarian efforts of three United Nations agencies in Mauritania: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The three ag...

NOUAKCHOTT- Le Gouvernement Japonais a fourni 6 millions de dollars US pour soutenir les efforts humanitaires de trois agences des Nations Unies en Mauritanie : le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (UNHCR), le Programme Alimentaire Mondial (PAM) et l'Organisation Internationale p...

انواكشوط – قدمت الحكومة اليابانية مبلغ 6 ملايين دولار أمريكي كمساهمة في الجهود الإنسانية إلى ثلاث منظمات تابعة للأمم المتحدة في موريتانيا: مفوضية الأمم المتحدة السامية لشؤون اللاجئين، والبرنامج العالمي للغذاء والمنظمة الدولية للهجرة. تعمل هذه المنظمات الثلاثة بالتعاون مع الحكومة الموريتانية من أجل...

Le camp des Nations unies à Tombouctou, dans le nord du Mali, a été mercredi la cible d’une « attaque terroriste » au mortier ayant tué une personne non encore identifiée, selon l’ONU, et blessé neuf Casques bleus. L’attaque a été revendiquée par le « Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans ...

Following a three-day mission to Mali last week, the Director of Operations for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, John Ging, today drew attention to the complex emergency in Mali and the deteriorating humanitarian situation as a direct result of the conflict. Humanitarian a...