West Africa and Sahel must step up intelligence gathering, UN envoy tells Security Council

Jul 12, 2016, at 12:34 pm

New York, July 12 (Just Earth News): Countries in West Africa and the Sahel must expand intelligence gathering capacities to counter militant threats, such as those posed by Boko Haram, the head of the United Nations operation for that region said on Monday.

West Africa: UN Security Council welcomes positive developments, but concerned about political tensions

Jan 17, 2016, at 02:42 pm

New York, Jan 17 (IBNS) Welcoming positive political developments in West Africa, in particular the holding of peaceful elections in Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Cote-d'Ivoire, members of the UN Security Council stressed the importance of the upcoming elections in Niger, Benin, Cabo Verde, Ghana and The Gambia to be "free, fair, peaceful, inclusive and credible."

West Africa cannot recover from Ebola epidemic on its own: UN health official

Nov 28, 2015, at 02:01 pm

New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following the flare-up of Ebola in Liberia 77 days after the outbreak was declared over, the region's top coordinator of the United Nations response to the epidemic said the three West African countries most affected by the deadly disease cannot recover from its ravages on their own.

In West Africa, UN launches strengthened response as Ebola shatters lives, orphans children

Oct 01, 2014, at 03:42 pm

New York, Oct 1 (IBNS) Amid a climbing death toll and widespread panic, the Ebola outbreak continues to ravage West Africa leaving thousands of orphaned children in its wake, an official for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday, as a fortified UN mission arrived in the region to confront and contain the growing crisis.

In West Africa, top UN health official unveils $100 million Ebola response plan

Aug 02, 2014, at 08:49 pm

New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): West Africa is confronted with a “fast-moving…unprecedented outbreak” of the deadly Ebola disease accompanied by “unprecedented challenges,” but the head of the United Nations health agency Friday told Presidents of countries affected by the most lethal strain of the virus that “when well-managed, an Ebola outbreak can be stopped.”