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The United Nations Security Council adopted today a resolution which sets out the parameters for the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to provide operational and logistical support to the G5-Sahel force. UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council on the Sahel today, the UN Secretary-General said that given the urgency of the situation in the region, there is a need for innovative actions in support of the G5 Sahel’s efforts on the security front, but also on development and governance. UNIFEED

Security Council members visited Mopti, in Central Mali, to discuss the security situation with regional authorities, civil society and the G5 Sahel Force command. MINUSMA

A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived to Mali today to assess the level and nature of the threat posed by terrorism and transnational organized crime in the Sahel region. MINUSMA

French Ambassador François Delattre said the joint G5 Sahel force “is the appropriate force to build on the work that has already been done” by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and will begin operations later this month. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif visited the site of Monday’s attacks which resulted in the deaths of one UN peacekeeper, a Malian soldier and a member of the Malian gendarmerie, along with six Malian contractors. MINUSMA

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution today supporting the deployment of a joint force established by the G5-Sahel countries. UNIFEED

During his first working visit to Mali, United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix, announced that a rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase of insecurity and communal violence since 2015. MINUSMA

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said access to food has been dramatically reduced in areas suffering civil conflicts and drought is worsening food security across swathes of East Africa despite robust global food supplies. UNIFEED / FILE

The United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Toby Lanzer, said in twenty years the population in this region would have doubled to 300 million people and “unless the countries of the Sahel tackle this demographic challenge”, they “will get poorer” and “communities will suffer more.” UNIFEED-UNTV / FILE