A young resident at a UN-supported settlement in Barsologho in the north of Burkina Faso.
Sahel Moving Quickly Towards Looming Tragedy - UN Emergency Chief
"A preventable tragedy is looming" in the Sahel region, says the top humanitarian official at the United Nations, Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock. He pointed the converging impact of of conflict and insecurity, weak governance, chronic underdevelopment and poverty, demographic pressures and climate change on the people of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and the north-east of Nigeria.
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13 October 2020
The Greater Sahel: How To Avert A Looming Tragedy
- Author:
- Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock
- Publisher:
- Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock
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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock spoke virtually at the Paris Institute of Political ... see more »
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In the Sahel region of West Africa, which is quickly turning into the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, deeply rooted economic inequality, not religious beliefs, are driving the ... Read more »
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The Sahel region of West Africa is buffeted by accelerated climate change and the spread of deserts, by the rapid growth of an increasingly youthful population, and by all the ... Read more »
