Reports

KEY INDICATORS 16,000 Estimation of number of Burkinabe citizens who have looked for safety in neighboring countries 76,000 Number of birth certificates UNHCR helped to deliver to IDPs and host communities in 2019 560,033 people forced to flee their homes to find…

Burkina Faso Early-December 2019: In Fada N’gourma city and department, Gourma province, Est region, a government representative forbade aid organisations from using their own data on the number of registered IDPs when planning assistance. Instead, agencies have been…

While countries responsible for the military response to the conflicts in the Sahel meet in France on 13 January, Action Against Hunger (AAH), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Oxfam warn about the insufficient humanitarian aid…

Over the last three weeks, heightened militant activity has underpinned large numbers of reported fatalities in Western Africa and Eastern Africa. The Libyan conflict and a dramatic escalation of violence in Sudan’s West Darfur dominated violence…

Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) briefed, yesterday, the Security Council on the latest report of the Secretary-General on…

Magré les efforts du Gouvernement Burkinabé, la situation sécuritaire au Burkina Faso continue de se détérorier depuis 2016 et reste principalement caracterisée par des attaques des groupes armés non étatiques contre des populations civiles et les…

CS/14069 Conseil de sécurité 8698e séance – matin À l’occasion de sa première séance publique de l’année, le Conseil de sécurité a entendu, ce matin, le Représentant spécial pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel présenter les activités de…

SC/14069 Security Council 8698th Meeting (AM) The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has an increasingly important role as the countries in the region seek to counter an unprecedented level of violence, relentless terrorism and…

“The region has experienced a devastating surge in terrorist attacks against civilian and military targets,” Mohamed Ibn Chambas, UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), told the…

In response to questions from reporters, the Spokesperson has the following to say: The Secretary-General conveys his condolences to the families of those killed when a bus, carrying mainly students, hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in…