Law and Crime Prevention

A girl runs outside a small community school in Korioume, Mali, where children lack basic equipment, including notepads and pens. Parts of the school have been attacked and in 2013 the village was a Jihadist stronghold.
OCHA/Eve Sabbagh

‘Unprecedented terrorist violence’ in West Africa, Sahel region

8 January 2020
Africa

The top UN official in West Africa and the Sahel updated the Security Council on Wednesday, describing an “unprecedented" rise in terrorist violence across the region.