Security

  • 15 Oct 2016

    Summit on maritime security

    Country: 
    Togo
    Topics: 
    Agriculture & Fisheries
    Regional integration
    Security
    Body: 
    African leaders gathered from 10-15 October at the Summit on Maritime Security and safety, held in Lomé within the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Twenty-two African delegations adopted the African Charter on Maritime Security, Safety and Development. The Charter aims to put into place an African strategy for the protection of its seas and oceans, to ensure peace, security and stability, and to make the African maritime space the key driver for sustainable economic development. Read on
  • 06 Oct 2016

    The changing character of African armed forces

    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Security
    Terrorism
    Members: 
    France
    Body: 
    A symposium organised from 5-6 October by the Strategic Research Institute of the Military Academy (IRSEM) in Paris, addressed the many challenges that African armies face. Contrary to popular belief, "their budgets are very small, their sizes have been reduced and the people are not invested in the armed forces," said Sonia Le Gouriellec, the co-organizer of the symposium. About 85% of African countries have been affected by coups, and almost every African country has experienced military rule. Read on
  • 06 Oct 2016

    France supports G5 Sahel armed forces

    Country: 
    Burkina Faso
    Chad
    Mali
    Mauritania
    Niger
    Senegal
    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Sahara-Sahel
    Security
    Terrorism
    Members: 
    France
    Body: 
    According to a source from the French Ministry of the Interior, France plans to increase its support to Senegal and the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad) to help them deal with security challenges. About EUR 42 million of financial assistance is planned for the 2017-22 period, half of which will be used to acquire new equipment. Read on
  • 29 Sep 2016

    Mali: No peace in sight

    Country: 
    Mali
    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Sahara-Sahel
    Security
    Terrorism
    Members: 
    France
    Body: 
    The 29 September 2016 report of the UN Secretary General on the situation in Mali presents a bleak appraisal of the past three months. It barely masks the widespread frustration over the continued lack of concrete progress in the peace agreement’s implementation. Problems include: violations of the ceasefire in the Kidal region; inter-communal clashes in the Mopti region; attacks against United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), etc. Read on
  • 23 Sep 2016

    Chad: USD 10 million for humanitarian assistance

    Country: 
    Chad
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Food security
    Security
    Body: 
    The security situation remains extremely fragile in the Lake Chad Basin and there have been several security incidents on Chad’s borders. According to the most recent UNOCHA update on the humanitarian situation in Chad: some 3.8 million people faced food insecurity at the end of August; and the country hosts some 388 000 refugees, 106 000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 89 000 returnees. Read on
  • 15 Jul 2016

    Food insecurity reaches extreme level in Borno State

    Country: 
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Topics: 
    Agriculture & Fisheries
    Development co-operation
    Food security
    Resilience
    Security
    Terrorism
    Members: 
    CILSS
    ECOWAS
    UEMOA
    RPCA: 
    RPCA
    Body: 
    Nigerian Minister of Health Isaac Adewole declared on 27 June a "nutrition emergency" in Borno State, where a large portion of the population is facing problems with access to food, water and health services due to the conflict in the north-east of the country. Information from recent rapid assessments raises the possibility that a famine could be occurring in the worst affected and less accessible pockets of the state. Read on
  • 13 Jul 2016

    Security Council reviews situation in the Sahel

    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Development co-operation
    Sahara-Sahel
    Security
    Body: 
    On 11 July, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), delivered his first Security Council briefing on West Africa and the Sahel since the merging of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel (OSES), establishing UNOWAS. Read on
  • 28 Jun 2016

    West Africa: Investing in peace

    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Sahara-Sahel
    Security
    Terrorism
    Members: 
    Switzerland
    Body: 
    The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the International Peace Institute (IPI) and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) of the Swiss Confederation, organised a high-level meeting on the theme "Investing in peace and the prevention of violence in West Africa and the Sahel-Sahara" from 27 to 28 June in Dakar. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the causes of violence in West African societies and to identify ways to address them. Read on
  • 21 Jun 2016

    Development aid in the face of Boko Haram

    Country: 
    Chad
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Security
    Terrorism
    Opinion: 
    Opinion
    Members: 
    France
    Body: 
    Olivier Ray, head of the crises and conflicts unit at AFD, offers some courses of action in response to Boko Haram violence in this article in the Ideas for Development blog. Development aid institutions must adapt their modes of action to the challenges of the regions where they operate, as they may well impact the fragility in which terrorist movements take root. However, they are neither an alternative to military struggle against terrorism, nor an ideological response. Read on
  • 28 Apr 2016

    Côte d’Ivoire: UN ends sanctions, plans withdrawal of peacekeepers

    Country: 
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Security
    Body: 
    Citing progress in national reconciliation and social cohesion, the United Nations Security Council voted to end sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire and endorsed a plan for the withdrawal of the international peacekeeping mission. The 15-member Council also adopted resolution 2284 (2016) to renew the mandate of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) for a final period until the end of June 2017. Read on

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