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Tensions in Sahel: Niger in the eye of the storm -Thomas More Institut

Tensions in Sahel: Niger in the eye of the storm -Thomas More Institut
05/15/2012 | Sahel
Antonin Tisseron, Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institut considers the situation faced by Niger in the light of events in its neighbour Mali. Whilst  Antonin Tisseron   feels it may be premature to see Niger facing similar challenges to Mali Antonin Tisseron notes that men and arms...

FAO Director-General warns of Horn of Africa, Sahel funding gap

FAO Director-General warns of Horn of Africa, Sahel funding gap
05/11/2012 | Sahel
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today warned of a major funding gap for activities planned by FAO in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Speaking at the Foro Nueva Economía international economic forum in Madrid, he said that although there is "increasing convergence" on how to boost food...

UN Security Council: Terrorism-a Sustained, Global Approach

UN Security Council: Terrorism-a Sustained, Global Approach
05/05/2012 | News
The UN the Security Council yesterday acknowledged the “changing nature and character” of international terrorism and emphasized the need to enhance global coordination to prevent attacks, disrupt criminal networks, and cut off avenues of financing for ncreasingly determined and sophisticated...

Islamists make demands for hostages

Islamists make demands for hostages
05/02/2012 | Sahel
An Al-Qaeda splinter group wants a total of 45 million euros in ransoms for two European women aid workers and seven Algerian diplomats taken hostage, the group’s spokesman said Wednesday. The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) spokesman Adnan Abu Walid Sahraoui gave the figures...

Urgent action needed to address ‘cascading crisis’ in Africa’s Sahel region – Ban

Urgent action needed to address ‘cascading crisis’ in Africa’s Sahel region – Ban
04/18/2012 | Sahel
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday called on the global community to act quickly to address what he described as a “cascading crisis” sweeping the Sahel region of West Africa, where 15 million people have been affected by the drought and conflict-related crisis in the area. “I call upon the...

US offers $120 million for Sahel

US offers $120 million for Sahel
03/30/2012 | Africa
The United States will give $120 million in emergency aid for western Africa’s drought-hit Sahel region in hope of preventing severe hunger, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. Clinton announced the aid after a UN appeal in February for $725 million in urgent assistance for the Sahel,...

FAO: Executive Brief: The Sahel Crisis 2012

FAO: Executive Brief: The Sahel Crisis 2012
03/16/2012 | Sahel
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) highlights the crisis in the Sahel in 2012 in Burkino Faso,Chad, Gambia,Mali,Mauritania,Niger and Senegal and seeks to raise $70,000 to cover the food and nutrition crisis. In an Executive Brief the FAO  outlines a new food and nutrition crisis is...

Tripoli interior ministers conference adopts plan to secure borders

Tripoli interior ministers conference adopts plan to secure borders
03/13/2012 | Maghreb
Nine northern African countries including Libya, Algeria and Egypt agreed on Monday to work together to secure their borders in a move to clamp down on militia clashes and weapons smuggling in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings, Reuters reports. They resolved to share more information and...

The FAO seeking $ 70 million for drought stricken Sahel

The FAO seeking $ 70 million for drought stricken Sahel
03/10/2012 | Sahel
he United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has requested $ 69.8 million to help nearly 800,000 families affected by the consequences of drought in several Sahelian countries, MAP reports. This assistance will help these countries to "avert a crisis of food security and nutrition...

AFRICOM's General Carter Ham on African Security .

AFRICOM's General Carter Ham on African Security .
03/02/2012 | Africa
Security in Africa continues to be influenced by external actors, and countering security threats in east and northwest Africa is the top concern for U.S. Africa Command, General Carter F. Ham told members of the House Armed Services Committee during annual testimony February 29, 2012, in...

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