It is critical to shore up areas of Africa’s Lake Chad Basin freed from the grip of Boko Haram, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General told the Security Council on Thursday, as she also called for efforts to rebuild the lives of women and girls that have suffered at the hands of the terrorist group.
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Lake Chad Basin: Areas reclaimed from Boko Haram must be stabilized, Security Council told
- 22 March 2018

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