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📰New report ➡️explores the risk of extremist violence spilling over into northern #Benin from the #Sahel. What are the main drivers of communal violence in Benin, do extremists exploit them & what can be done to limit the threat? 🔎Read⬇️ clingendael.org/publication/no… ACLED

Laws of Attraction: Northern #Benin and Risk of Violent Extremist Spillover Don't miss the latest joint report from Clingendael Institute and ACLED: bit.ly/2U0hDW4

It's that time of the week again ! Find out what happened in the #Sahel this week - from #Barkhane recalibration announcement to new transition gvt in #Mali, to attack on Parliament Pres Seini Oumarou's home in Niger, all you need to know at: us15.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_emai….

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Check out our new report exploring Mali’s geographical & climate conflict history alongside the diesel & electrification political economy patterns. Authored by @DruetDirk Rida Lyammouri w/ contribution from Nonresident Fellow David Mozersky, learn more: stimson.org/2021/from-rene…

In today's ed of #EchoesoftheSahel: find out about #Barkhane restructuring details, #Niger's evolving role in the region, attacks in #Burkina's Centre-Nord region and diplomatic tensions Bamako vs Niamey. Full at: mailchi.mp/f5d92dd1301d/s…. Stay tuned for more🤝

5/5 Vous pouvez lire le rapport ici 👇 crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/sahe…

Using atrocity to provoke an overreaction has been an explicit and consistent core tenet of terrorist doctrine for 150 years – which makes it pretty much the oldest trick in the terrorist playbook (*a thread*)...

This month, UNU-CPR is in Guinea evaluating United Nations Peacebuilding projects on youth, peace, and security. We're reviewing a project in Coyah focused on consultations and capacity building for young people under UN Security Council Resolution 2250. For updates: unu.edu/cpr/project/th…

As research for a forthcoming Thematic Review on Youth, Peace, and Security, UNU-CPR researchers Imane Karimou and Luisa Kern recently visited Guinea to explore Peacebuilding Fund projects supporting youth engagement on #YPS. Find out more 👉 unu.edu/cpr/project/th…

#DiplomatieRDC | Information The Minister of State, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner discussed the importance of proactive diplomacy in resolving conflicts in the DRC. She highlighted the need for difficult conversations with international partners and stakeholders, particularly regarding the role

With greater geopolitical divisions and a frozen #SecurityCouncil, what can the #GeneralAssembly do on peace and security issues?  A new Handbook produced by UNU-CPR for the #78thsession takes stock of past practices to identify future directions: unu.edu/cpr/report/ass…

UNU-CPR was honored to participate in the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa's [UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa] annual workshop yesterday, chaired by Under-Secretary-General (USG) Cristina Duarte.

Erica Gaston, Head of UNU-CPR's Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace pillar, and Imane Karimou shared research on the upcoming UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review and past thematic reviews on human rights & peacebuilding, climate security, & Youth, Peace & Security.

What challenges have undermined efforts to counter transnational organized crime in Mali? What does this suggest for future responses to organized crime in conflict-affected areas? Erica Gaston, Catharina Nickel, imanekarimou, & Marc Werner for UN University Centre for Policy Research⬇️ unu.edu/publication/pe…

On the first International Day for the Prevention of and Fight Against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime, Imane Karimou considers integrating local perspectives into multilateral strategies to combat transnational organized crime: unu.edu/cpr/blog-post/…

My exchange with the DRC Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner at the conclusion of the UNSC emergency meeting on the crisis unfolding in eastern DRC amid an aggressive M23 rebel advance, backed by Rwanda. I asked about DRC calls in 2023 for MONUSCO to withdraw from the DRC

The Bahá’í International Community’s Geneva and New York UN Offices hosted a CSW69 dialogue on responding to oppression and injustice through constructive agency. The conversation explored how individuals and societies can uphold justice in the face of oppression in ways that

🚨 Just launched: The 2025 Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) Thematic Review on Youth, Peace & Security (YPS)! It outlines best practices & lessons learned on youth engagement in peacebuilding. w/ imanekarimou Awa Dabo Erica Gaston Bushra Hassan Brian James Williams Dr. Willibald Zeck