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West Africa: We Are Paying a Heavy Price for What's Happening in Libya - President Issoufou
allAfrica, 14 October 2019
The security threat to the Sahel region has been amplified by the Libyan crisis, said the President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou. In his forthright assessment of the conflict,… Read more »
Africa is 'Paying Heavy Price' for Libya - Niger's Issoufou
"The Intervention in Libya is an example that proves global political governance is not democratic - we warned the international community against an intervention we knew would cause trouble," says President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou.
President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou was a keynote speaker at the Dialogue of Civilizations' Rhodes Forum in Greece. He currently chairs the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and has played a major role in establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area. The Africa summit is now a key feature of the Rhodes Forum and demonstrates the DOC’s contribution in the region. The Forum aims to address current debates around Africa’s future as a pillar of the global order and driver of economic growth.
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Mali: UN Food Depot in Mali Vandalized
VOA, 14 October 2019
A demonstration in central Mali Saturday turned from protests about the deployment of Malian troops to Burkina Faso to the looting of a nearby U.N. supply depot, VOA’s French… Read more »
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Western Sahara: Global Fund Gives Kids in Crisis-Plagued Sahel Chance at Education
VOA, 5 October 2019
A global education fund is providing tens of thousands of Sahelian children in crisis with a quality education, bringing hope to boys and girls who have known nothing but violence… Read more »
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EU External Action, 27 September 2019
On 25 September, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the High Representative of the Union and Vice-President, Federica Mogherini, took part in a… Read more »
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West Africa: UN Chief Urges Scaled Up Response for Peace, Across Troubled Sahel's Region
UN News, 25 September 2019
Humanitarian and development responses for Mali and Africa's wider Sahel region "are falling short", and support must be scaled up to ensure a hopeful future for its people, the… Read more »
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At least 35 Russian mercenaries have been killed in Libya where they were fighting for Khalifa Haftar, the military general who launched an offensive earlier this year on the ... Read more »
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More than 3,000 people in detention centres in the Libyan capital are "at imminent risk of being killed or seriously injured" in fighting, says Doctors Without ... Read more »
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The United Nations Security Council held a closed emergency session to draft a response to the killing of at least 44 people in an air strike on a migrant and refugee detention ... Read more »
