UN / SAHEL PEACE AND SECURITY
16-May-2023
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The UN top official for Africa warned the Security Council that the security situation in the Sahel has remained “very worrying”, with “non-state armed groups continue to carry out large-scale attacks against civilian and military targets, and to engage in confrontations over access to resources, territorial control, and influence.” UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“The security situation in the region has remained very worrying. Non-state armed groups continue to carry out large-scale attacks against civilian and military targets, and to engage in confrontations over access to resources, territorial control, and influence. Terrorism and violent extremist groups frequently target border areas, in particular the tri-border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“The security crisis is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation. In Burkina Faso, there are growing humanitarian challenges as a result of the violence, with roughly 4.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance this year and more than 2 million people displaced internally. This compared to 3.5 million people who needed humanitarian assistance in 2022. In Mali, a staggering 8.8 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year.”
6. Med shot, Council members
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“Resolute advances in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime in the Sahel desperately need to be made. Without significant gains, it will become increasingly difficult to reverse the security trajectory in the Sahel, and the further expansion of insecurity towards coastal West African countries. Recent instability east of the Sahel, in the Sudan, is yet one additional cause for concern. The devastating effects of the continuing destabilization of the Sahel would be felt far beyond the region and the African continent.”
8. Close up, Security Council president
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“Despite the efforts made so far both individually by the countries hard hit by terrorism and collectively within the regional framework of the G5 Sahel, the security situation has continued to deteriorate. It is by far very different from what it was in 2014, the year the G5 was created, and 2017, the year the Joint Force was created to deal with the already rapid expansion of armed and violent extremist groups and to the deterioration of the situation in the region.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“Today it is clearly established that the attacks by armed groups, which have experienced a dizzying increase in recent years, are mainly perpetrated in the area of the three Burkina Faso-Mali-Niger borders, by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS), which no longer rely on foreigners but on local leaders based in their areas of action and who coordinate the attacks.”
12. Close up, Security Council president
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Aïssatou Diouf, Enda Energy and Coordinator of the Climate Action Network for West and Central Africa:
“The Sahel region is emblematic of the various problems that can arise due to the intensification of competition for access to resources: conflicts between nomadic herders and farmers, migrations, radicalization, exploitation of resources, etc. In the Sahel, climate and security crises are acute. Strengthening the capacity of communities and local actors to respond and adapt to shocks is essential and urgent.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Aïssatou Diouf, Enda Energy and Coordinator of the Climate Action Network for West and Central Africa:
“Insecurity and cross-border conflicts in the Sahelian countries are driven by a multitude of actors and by complex factors. Some factors are linked to poor governance, discrimination, inequalities, scarcity of resources and poverty, which contribute to insecurity and the intensification of civil conflicts and violent extremism. There are concerns that increased competition for resources (land, water, food) and ongoing land degradation could further fuel tensions and conflicts. Some of these factors could be further exacerbated by climate change.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“The security situation in the region has remained very worrying. Non-state armed groups continue to carry out large-scale attacks against civilian and military targets, and to engage in confrontations over access to resources, territorial control, and influence. Terrorism and violent extremist groups frequently target border areas, in particular the tri-border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“The security crisis is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation. In Burkina Faso, there are growing humanitarian challenges as a result of the violence, with roughly 4.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance this year and more than 2 million people displaced internally. This compared to 3.5 million people who needed humanitarian assistance in 2022. In Mali, a staggering 8.8 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year.”
6. Med shot, Council members
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“Resolute advances in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime in the Sahel desperately need to be made. Without significant gains, it will become increasingly difficult to reverse the security trajectory in the Sahel, and the further expansion of insecurity towards coastal West African countries. Recent instability east of the Sahel, in the Sudan, is yet one additional cause for concern. The devastating effects of the continuing destabilization of the Sahel would be felt far beyond the region and the African continent.”
8. Close up, Security Council president
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“Despite the efforts made so far both individually by the countries hard hit by terrorism and collectively within the regional framework of the G5 Sahel, the security situation has continued to deteriorate. It is by far very different from what it was in 2014, the year the G5 was created, and 2017, the year the Joint Force was created to deal with the already rapid expansion of armed and violent extremist groups and to the deterioration of the situation in the region.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“Today it is clearly established that the attacks by armed groups, which have experienced a dizzying increase in recent years, are mainly perpetrated in the area of the three Burkina Faso-Mali-Niger borders, by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS), which no longer rely on foreigners but on local leaders based in their areas of action and who coordinate the attacks.”
12. Close up, Security Council president
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Aïssatou Diouf, Enda Energy and Coordinator of the Climate Action Network for West and Central Africa:
“The Sahel region is emblematic of the various problems that can arise due to the intensification of competition for access to resources: conflicts between nomadic herders and farmers, migrations, radicalization, exploitation of resources, etc. In the Sahel, climate and security crises are acute. Strengthening the capacity of communities and local actors to respond and adapt to shocks is essential and urgent.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Aïssatou Diouf, Enda Energy and Coordinator of the Climate Action Network for West and Central Africa:
“Insecurity and cross-border conflicts in the Sahelian countries are driven by a multitude of actors and by complex factors. Some factors are linked to poor governance, discrimination, inequalities, scarcity of resources and poverty, which contribute to insecurity and the intensification of civil conflicts and violent extremism. There are concerns that increased competition for resources (land, water, food) and ongoing land degradation could further fuel tensions and conflicts. Some of these factors could be further exacerbated by climate change.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE
The UN top official for Africa warned the Security Council that the security situation in the Sahel has remained “very worrying”, with “non-state armed groups continue to carry out large-scale attacks against civilian and military targets, and to engage in confrontations over access to resources, territorial control, and influence.”
Briefing the Council on Tuesday (16 May), the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, noted that “terrorism and violent extremist groups frequently target border areas, in particular the tri-border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.”
According to Pobee, “the security crisis is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation.”
In Burkina Faso, there are growing humanitarian challenges as a result of the violence, with roughly 4.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance this year and more than 2 million people displaced internally. This compared to 3.5 million people who needed humanitarian assistance in 2022. In Mali, a staggering 8.8 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year.
For the Assistant Secretary-General, “resolute advances in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime in the Sahel desperately need to be made”, because “without significant gains, it will become increasingly difficult to reverse the security trajectory in the Sahel, and the further expansion of insecurity towards coastal West African countries.”
Pobee added, “Recent instability east of the Sahel, in the Sudan, is yet one additional cause for concern. The devastating effects of the continuing destabilization of the Sahel would be felt far beyond the region and the African continent.”
Also briefing the Council, the Executive Secretary of the G5 Sahel, Eric Tiaré, said that “tespite the efforts made so far both individually by the countries hard hit by terrorism and collectively within the regional framework of the G5 Sahel, the security situation has continued to deteriorate.”
“It is by far very different from what it was in 2014, the year the G5 was created, and 2017, the year the Joint Force was created to deal with the already rapid expansion of armed and violent extremist groups and to the deterioration of the situation in the region,” explained the Tiaré.
According to him, “today it is clearly established that the attacks by armed groups, which have experienced a dizzying increase in recent years, are mainly perpetrated in the area of the three Burkina Faso-Mali-Niger borders, by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS), which no longer rely on foreigners but on local leaders based in their areas of action and who coordinate the attacks.”
From the civil society, the Council heard a briefing by Enda Energy and Coordinator of the Climate Action Network for West and Central Africa, Aïssatou Diouf, who explained the links between peace and security and climate change.
The expert said, “the Sahel region is emblematic of the various problems that can arise due to the intensification of competition for access to resources: conflicts between nomadic herders and farmers, migrations, radicalization, exploitation of resources, etc. In the Sahel, climate and security crises are acute. Strengthening the capacity of communities and local actors to respond and adapt to shocks is essential and urgent.”
Diouf said that “insecurity and cross-border conflicts in the Sahelian countries are driven by a multitude of actors and by complex factors” and “some factors are linked to poor governance, discrimination, inequalities, scarcity of resources and poverty, which contribute to insecurity and the intensification of civil conflicts and violent extremism.”
The expert also noted “concerns that increased competition for resources (land, water, food) and ongoing land degradation could further fuel tensions and conflicts”, adding that “some of these factors could be further exacerbated by climate change.
Briefing the Council on Tuesday (16 May), the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, noted that “terrorism and violent extremist groups frequently target border areas, in particular the tri-border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.”
According to Pobee, “the security crisis is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation.”
In Burkina Faso, there are growing humanitarian challenges as a result of the violence, with roughly 4.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance this year and more than 2 million people displaced internally. This compared to 3.5 million people who needed humanitarian assistance in 2022. In Mali, a staggering 8.8 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year.
For the Assistant Secretary-General, “resolute advances in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime in the Sahel desperately need to be made”, because “without significant gains, it will become increasingly difficult to reverse the security trajectory in the Sahel, and the further expansion of insecurity towards coastal West African countries.”
Pobee added, “Recent instability east of the Sahel, in the Sudan, is yet one additional cause for concern. The devastating effects of the continuing destabilization of the Sahel would be felt far beyond the region and the African continent.”
Also briefing the Council, the Executive Secretary of the G5 Sahel, Eric Tiaré, said that “tespite the efforts made so far both individually by the countries hard hit by terrorism and collectively within the regional framework of the G5 Sahel, the security situation has continued to deteriorate.”
“It is by far very different from what it was in 2014, the year the G5 was created, and 2017, the year the Joint Force was created to deal with the already rapid expansion of armed and violent extremist groups and to the deterioration of the situation in the region,” explained the Tiaré.
According to him, “today it is clearly established that the attacks by armed groups, which have experienced a dizzying increase in recent years, are mainly perpetrated in the area of the three Burkina Faso-Mali-Niger borders, by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS), which no longer rely on foreigners but on local leaders based in their areas of action and who coordinate the attacks.”
From the civil society, the Council heard a briefing by Enda Energy and Coordinator of the Climate Action Network for West and Central Africa, Aïssatou Diouf, who explained the links between peace and security and climate change.
The expert said, “the Sahel region is emblematic of the various problems that can arise due to the intensification of competition for access to resources: conflicts between nomadic herders and farmers, migrations, radicalization, exploitation of resources, etc. In the Sahel, climate and security crises are acute. Strengthening the capacity of communities and local actors to respond and adapt to shocks is essential and urgent.”
Diouf said that “insecurity and cross-border conflicts in the Sahelian countries are driven by a multitude of actors and by complex factors” and “some factors are linked to poor governance, discrimination, inequalities, scarcity of resources and poverty, which contribute to insecurity and the intensification of civil conflicts and violent extremism.”
The expert also noted “concerns that increased competition for resources (land, water, food) and ongoing land degradation could further fuel tensions and conflicts”, adding that “some of these factors could be further exacerbated by climate change.
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