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NAF DEPLOYS TO SENEGAL TO ENFORCE ECOWAS MANDATE IN THE GAMBIA
news Nigerian Air Force, 19 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed to Senegal as part of Nigerian contingent of Economic Community of West African States Military Intervention in Gambia (ECOMIG) – a standby force tasked by ECOWAS Heads of State to enforce the December 1, 2016 election mandate in the The Gambia. The NAF toda... -
Press Statement: ECOWAS Human Rights Day
news ECOWAS, 16 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission wishes to congratulate the entire Community citizens on the occasion of the maiden celebration of the ECOWAS Human Rights Day. This celebration places a particular focus on the promotion and protection of women’s rights in all its ram... -
United Nations Must Continue Supporting West Africa’s Efforts to Uphold Gambia Election Results, Special Representative Tells Security Counc...
news United Nations, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )SECURITY COUNCIL 7862ND MEETING (AM) SC/12681 Amid a “rising tide of democracy” across the African continent, the United Nations must continue to support regional efforts to ensure that the Gambia’s recent election results were upheld, stressed the Organization’s senior official in West Africa... -
Le Chef de l’UNOWAS, M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, salue la montée d’une « marée démocratique » en Afrique, en dépit de la situation en Gambie
news United Nations, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )CONSEIL DE SÉCURITÉ 7862E SÉANCE – MATIN CS/12681 Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général et Chef du Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel (UNOWAS), M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, a salué, aujourd’hui, devant le Conseil de sécurité, la montée d’une véritable « marée d... -
Briefing to the Security Council on the Report of the Secretary-General on the Activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and t...
news UNOWAS, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )1 July – 31 December 2016 By Mohamed Ibn Chambas Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOWAS New York, 13 January 2017 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, 1. C’est un honneur pour moi de me retrouver devant cette auguste assemblée, pou... -
The UN Supports a Peaceful, Timely and Orderly Transfert of Power in The Gambia
news UNOWAS, 17 Dec 2016 (7 years ago )THE 50th ORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) Abuja, 17 December 2016 Speech by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Your Excellency Madam... -
Liberian government grants nationality to former Liberian refugees at risk of statelessness
news UNHCR, 04 Nov 2016 (7 years ago )“Identity document is important, identity document is life” To prevent former Liberian refugees in West Africa from becoming stateless, the Liberian government has been conducting re-assesment missions of those at risk of statelessness in countries where they have sought asylum. DAKAR, SENEGAL... -
UNHCR commemorates 2 years of the #IBelong campaign to eradicate global statelessness
news UNHCR, 27 Oct 2016 (7 years ago )DAKAR, SENEGAL, 27 October 2016 (UNHCR) – Significant progress has been made to eradicate statelessness around the world, but ongoing conflicts are putting those advances at risk. Marking the second anniversary of the global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, ... -
Plight of persons without nationality
news Pulse.ng, 08 Oct 2016 (7 years ago )The UNHCR and ECOWAS recently signed an MoU to improve the protection environment for stateless persons. Pierre is eighteen years old. He was born to Burkinabe parents in Ghana. He was not registered at birth and neither were his parents. An orphan with no nationality, Pierre is stateless. Whi... -
Le Nigeria en a-t-il vraiment fini avec Boko Haram
news http://www.lejdd.fr/International/Afrique/Nigeria-Boko-Haram-encore-loin-d-etre-sur-le-declin-766537, 04 Jan 2016 (8 years ago )situation au Nigeria