Before the window of opportunity closes, the UN, WHO, and international, national, and local partners will need to work together to redouble their efforts to gain the trust of the local population and mobilize community action.
Tag: africa
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If the opportunity to secure progressive gender equality measures is not seized, existing achievements will most likely be lost.
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The massacre in Ogossagou has prompted condemnations from the UN and member states. There is now an opportunity to make innovative and bold suggestions to prioritize POC in MINUSMA’s mandate.
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Sudan’s protests, if nothing, have created a number of possibilities for change that would have been hard to imagine a few years ago.
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The political opening provided by Abiy has shown that measures taken by charismatic and aspiring leaders are often insufficient for addressing the legacy of deeply-rooted challenges.
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The truth and reconciliation process will allow families to know how their relatives disappeared or were killed. The complex task will be how to establish what is truthful, and what is not.
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The stakes of getting election accountability right are high. If these processes fail, the credibility of Nigeria’s democracy could be undermined, possibly contributing to a more volatile environment for the 2023 elections.
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Transferring full security responsibilities to the government of Somalia by the December 2021 target set by the UN Security Council is unlikely.
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Questions around domestic security will continue to be of concern to the elected government, who will need to be aware that the consequences of insecurity could define Nigeria’s socio-political stability well beyond election day.
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In recent years, a new generation of “guns for hire” appears to be emerging, prompting questions for both African governments and the UN.
