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Dakar, 04 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, strongly condemns the renewal of killings perpetrated over the week end by unidentified armed groups in the localities of…

Dakar, 26 February 2014 - As part of his mandate as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and Chairman of the West Africa Coast Initiative High-level Policy Committee (WACI POLCOM), Mr. Said Djinnit ended yesterday a two day visit to Sierra Leone.

Dakar, 18 February 2014 - Mr. Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, was received in audience in Koulouba - Bamako today by the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali with whom he exchanged views on the situation in the Sahel and West Africa. The…

Dakar, 17 February 2014 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA ), organized today a handover meeting on the United Nations Integrated Strategy. The meeting marked the end of the mandate of the United Nations Secretary- General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Romano Prodi, who handed over…

Dakar/Abidjan, 13 February 2014 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) officially launched the Database on "Gender, Women, Peace and Security in West Africa" on Thursday 13 February, in…

Abuja, 2 February 2014 - The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission established pursuant to the Joint Communiqué adopted at the Summit Meeting which took place in Geneva on 15 November 2002 between His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, the…

Abuja, 2 February 2014 - The Commission on the delimitation of the boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria closes its Thirty-Second (32nd) Session in Abuja, Nigeria. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission is composed of Delegations of Cameroon and Nigeria led respectively by Mr. Amadou Ali, Vice Prime…

On 29 November 2013, the Heads of the United Nations (UN) Peace Mission in West Africa held their twenty-fifth high-level consultation in Dakar in order to review progress in the coordination of the activities of the United Nations in promoting peace and stability in the sub-region.

Dakar, 26 October 2013 - The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) met today in Dakar, with the support of the United Nations, to discuss the implementation of the regional strategy on…

Geneva, 22 October 2013 – The twenty-third and final meeting of the Follow-up Committee to monitor the implementation of the Greentree Agreement on the Bakassi Peninsula was held in Geneva on 21 and 22 October 2013. It was chaired by Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of…

Dakar, 7 October 2013- The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr Romano Prodi, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, concluded a 2-day joint visit in West Africa today.

Dakar, 18 September 2013 – The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) has convened a regional retreat with UN Resident Coordinators from 16 countries and the UN Regional Directors Team based in Dakar, on 17 and 18 September 2013 in Dakar. The objective of the retreat was to take stock of the…