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UN Secretary-General António Guterres signs the book of condolence at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in New York following terrorist attacks in April 2019 on churches in the south Asian country.

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Hatred ‘a threat to everyone’, declares Guterres calling for global effort to end xenophobia and ‘loathsome rhetoric’

29 April 2019

A “disturbing groundswell” of hate-based violence and intolerance aimed at worshippers across all faiths, must be countered soon before it’s too late, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, noting murderous attacks in just the past few days on a synagogue in California, and a church in Burkina Faso.

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UN Africa Special: poverty and marginalization driving extremist violence in Africa

5 October 2017

General News

This week we’re bringing you a special programme looking at the growing threat posed by extremist violence in Africa.

Between 2011 and early 2016, some 33,300 people in Africa lost their lives to violent extremism.

According to a new ground-breaking report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), factors driving the extremists include poverty, marginalization and perceived abuses of power by state authorities.