"BURKINA FASO"

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Mali, El-Ghassim Wane, said that the security environment in the country had remained complex in recent months, particularly in the Center and the tri-border area between Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. UNIFEED

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called for enhanced support for those recently displaced in Mali, where continued violence and threats by armed groups have forced local Malians and refugees to flee for safety. UNTV CH

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report released today, while calling for additional – and more equitable – investment to lift millions of children out of a learning crisis. UNICEF

United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. WHO

As armed groups, coups d’état destabilize West Africa, Sahel, role of United Nations Regional Office key in consolidating democracy, speakers tell Security Council.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her home country Benin to meet children and young people impacted by the spillover of violence from the Sahel crisis and climate change in the region. UNICEF

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a United Nations “success story,” he called on donors to deliver on a $1 billion CERF “that is even more effective and successful.” UNIFEED

Briefing Security Council on work overseeing Mali sanctions, 2374 Committee Chair says list has been updated for first time since 2017.

Indiscriminate violence by terrorists compounding already disastrous humanitarian situation in Sahel region, Assistant Secretary-General tells Security Council.

The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, told the Security Council today that “terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security” and “nowhere has this threat been felt more keenly than in Africa.” UNIFEED