"LAKE CHAD BASIN"

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council expresses grave concern over dire situation in West Africa, Sahel, Gulf of Guinea.

The Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, said security challenges created by “terrorist acts in Liptako-Gourma and in the Lake Chad Basin as well as by crime along the coasts of the Gulf of Guinea must be addressed from a regional perspective because the risks of a joining between the threats from the sea and from the Sahel are real, and the main victims are the civilian populations.” UNIFEED

Intercommunal tensions, electoral transparency among challenges facing West Africa, Sahel area, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Complete eradication of Da’esh can only strengthen international peace, security, says delegate, as General Assembly wraps up debate on counter-terrorism strategy.

Several years after fleeing their villages following attacks by non-state armed groups, hundreds of thousands of IDPs and refugees are still unable to return home and are trying to rebuild their lives in the communities that host them. UNHCR

International community must not allow armed conflict to trample on children’s rights, Secretary-General tells Security Council.

Violence continues to threaten stability in Central Africa, Special Representative tells Security Council, calling for greater international efforts.

The Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), François Louncény Fall, said the recent developments in Chad “have underlined the interlinkages between the security situation in that country and the security situation in the subregion,” adding that the security dynamics in neighbouring countries “could negatively affect the internal dynamics in Chad.” UNIFEED

Speakers hail late Chad President’s role in securing stability at home, fighting extremism abroad, as General Assembly honours Idriss Déby Itno.

The humanitarian situation in the Sahel is “worsening fast because of escalating conflict, rising food insecurity and COVID-19,” with some 29 million people expected to need assistance and protection in 2021, five million more than at the start of 2020, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED