Africa’s Sahel region leaders stress need to keep peace and combat terrorism

posted in: Africa, Afrique

  Peace and security are vital conditions for security and development, leaders from Africa’s Sahel region told the UN General Assembly on Saturday, laying out their plans to end conflict, counter terrorism and striving to achieve the 2030 Agenda Sustainable … Read More

United Nations, World Bank support women’s health and girls’ education in the Sahel

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front, left) and Jim Yong Kim (right), President of the World Bank Group, in Timbuktu, during their joint mission to Mali; Photo: UN PANA New York, US – Responding to Niger’s “Call to Action” for improvements in … Read More