Department of state news release, is a stateled effort to assist mali, niger, chad, and mauritania in detecting and responding to suspicious movement of people and goods across and within their borders through training, equipment and cooperation. The sahelsaharan region has always been a trade and migration route. However, factors such as the lack of state authority, weak justice systems, the collapse of the traditional pastoral economy, corruption and the presence of arms have created an ideal environment for illicit trafficking, organized crime, terrorism, corruption and money laundering. The special representative of the secretarygeneral and head of the united nations office for west africa and the sahel unowas, mohamed ibn chambas, chaired, on 27 october 2017 in. The goal of tscti is to counter terrorist influences in the region and assist.
Transsaharan counterterrorism initiative wikipedia. Nine questions about the trans sahara counter terrorism. A acf, adra, acted, alima c catholic relief services, coopi, crf d drc f fao, g goal h hki i ifrc, iom, irc m msf, micronutrient initiative n nrc o ocha, ohchr, oxfam p plan international s save the children, sif, solidarites t tdh u unicef, unaids, undp, unhcr, unfpa w wfp, who, wo rld. Department of state, was a stateled effort to assist mali, niger, chad, and mauritania in detecting and responding to suspicious movement of people and goods across and within their borders through training, equipment and cooperation. Like other countries in the region, libyas borders are vast and porous, which makes effective patrolling extremely difficult. The sahel, semiarid region of africa extending from senegal eastward to the sudan or from the atlantic ocean to the red sea. The pan sahel initiative psi was a us state department funded program in the northern african countries of mali, mauritania, niger, and chad designed to enhance border capabilities throughout.
The sahel is at the forefront of africas opportunities and challenges, yet despite noteworthy efforts to improve conditions in the region, the situation continues to deteriorate. A new approach for the sahel summary the sahel has the capacity to be a massive disruptive force, stimulating fresh pressures of migration and extremism, unless it is addressed by a comprehensive plan of action. A new approach for the sahel institute for global change. The meeting combined specialists from all spectrums of sciences, and all aspects of sahelian studies, namely climate, demography, agriculture, environment. The oasis initiative organizing to advance solutions in the sahel organizer lavancement des solutions au sahel the western world had no idea what sahel was because history has taken the attention of nato and western countries to iraq and to afghanistan, but sahel is potentially even. This merger would create waves in the global telecommunication market. Food insecurityiv as of january 2014, an estimated 20. Action plan for the environment initiative action plan for the environment initiative of the new partnership for africas development nepad unep new par tnsh i pf o ac dv l m e po box 1234, halfway house midrand, 1685 south africa tel. Governance and security in north africa and the sahel. Grassroots initiatives promote changes in livelihoods the people of the sahel are forging networks and collaborations that will help them contend with the challenges of insecurity and climate.
East africas mergers and acquisitions market has started picking up as companies look for ways to protect their market share and ensure better returns for shareholders. The new partnership for africa s development is about consolidating and accelerating these gains. The pansahel initiative, according to a november 7, 2002, office of counterterrorism, u. Mergers and acquisitions in east africa on the rise. Regionalisation of counterterrorism strategies in the sahel. Promoting african initiatives through the sahel news ghana. Western africa sahel irrigation initiative support. The national and collective resilience of sahel countries continues to be undermined by intersecting crises of terrorism, trafficking, and irregular migration, all of which have highlighted the imperative of improving border management in the region. An overview of mergers and acquisitions under nigerian law omotayo akinrinwa abstract this essay seeks to explore the legal framework governing the operation or activities of mergers and acquisitions in nigeria. Qaeda jihadism, this merger also confirms the local rooting of terrorism in the. Sahel and west africa program in support of the great.
Green wall for the sahara and sahel initiative ggwssi in nigeria. Timbuktu, mali, march 8, 2004 soldiers assigned to the 1st battalion, 10th special forces group airborne in stuttgart, germany, are training african soldiers along the outer reaches of the sahara desert in support of the global war on terrorism. Pan sahel initiative united states department of state. European commission website this site is managed by the directorategeneral for communication. The ggwssi is a recent regional attempt in africa to focus on addressing desertification in a more coherent manner. Crisis in the sahel rausser college of natural resources.
The g5 countries comprised of burkina faso, chad, mali, mauritania. Advancing solutions in the sahel center for global. Great green wall for the sahara and sahel initiative. S20354 35729 3 organized criminal groups to the region and to its own internal security. The pan sahel initiative stephen ellis those denizens of washington sometimes described as strategists, policywonks and beltway insiders are, most unusually, developing a keen interest in west africa.
The goal of the current paper is to examine the growth effects of mergers and acquisitions both domestic and crossborder international, by sectors and on the overall economy. The great green wall for the sahara and the sahel initiative as an opportunity to enhance resilience in. The great green wall is a symbol of hope in the face of one of the biggest challenges of our time desertification. Regional sahel srp final food and agriculture organization. Mergers and acquisitions in africa 157 downloaded by erasmus university, taco reus at 07. The indian telecom giant bharti airtel is in talks for a merger with south african mtn. This pdf is a selection from an outofprint volume from the national bureau. The sahel is a top priority for the united nations. Sahel region 1 december 20 prepared by ocha on behalf of regional humanitarian partners as of december 20, an estimated inhabitants of the sahel region, suffer from food insecurity. Sahel countries to offer opportunities to young peopleis essential in order to avoid increased migration pressure, combat radicalisation and terrorism, and consolidate the meagre development progress, the sahel countries continue among the poorest countries of world. Ibrahim yahaya ibrahim is a phd candidate in political science and a research associate with the sahel research group at the university of florida.
The strategic goals are aimed at supporting and strengthening continuing initiatives and addressing previously identified gaps. The arab awakening in 2011 and the subsequent collapse of the ben ali, mubarak, and qadhafi regimes in tunisia, egypt, and libya, respectively, left a security vacuum across a region whose police states had provided a bulwark against the spread of terrorism and violent extremism. State department announced the pan sahel initiative psi. Given the various political, ethnic and religious tensions. Pansahel initiative psi had barely begun, and yet operations in this. Deputy secretarygeneral, at sahel alliance event, says. Analysis of performance pre and post consolidation of thirteen mega banks in order to consider if there had been improvements. The security situation in the sahel has a regional character. The pansahel initiative stephen ellis those denizens of washington sometimes described as strategists, policywonks and beltway insiders are, most unusually, developing a keen interest in west africa. Since the merger, aqim has increasingly mirrored alqaida in its. Folake eliasadebowale is a corporate partner and head of the firms private equity and oil and gas teams. The transsaharan counterterrorism partnership tsctp is an interagency plan by the united states government, combining efforts by both civil and military agencies, to combat terrorism in transsaharan africa.
Begun in 2005 as the pansahel initiative psi, this interagency program has. The sahel judicial platform was established in 2010 in order to strengthen judicial cooperation in criminal matters among its member states, in line with their. The united nations integrated strategy for the sahel is built around three broad areas of support formulated as strategic goals and organized according to key themes. So far in the first 6 months of 2009, indian bound mergers and acquisitions abroad have only been rs 20 billion live mint, 2009. The past three years have seen drastic change sweep across the sahel and maghreb. The initiative was originally conceived as a thematic project, focusing on creation of a wall of trees of some 15 km wide and 7,775 km long from dakar to. Launched in 2007 by the african union, this gamechanging africanled initiative aims to restore africas degraded landscapes and transform millions of lives in one of the worlds poorest regions, the sahel.
Department of state, was a stateled effort to assist mali. Frederic wehrey, michele dunne, sarah yerkes, anouar boukhars, cyril obi, azzedine layachi. The university of california berkeley organized a oneday international meeting of experts under the oasis initiative. It is a call for a new relationship of partnership between africa and the international community, especially the highly industrialised countries, to overcome the development chasm that has widened over centuries of unequal relations. The object of the study is the group of the oecd countries, thirty one countries in total. Some of the organisations participating in the 20 sahel regional strategy. Department of state security assistance program focusing on four countries in the sarah region of africa. Communications channels in the sahel using mauritania. Western africa sahel irrigation initiative support project.
The plan focuses on six key areas, including crossborder cooperation. The pansahel initiative, according to a november 7, 2002, by the office of counterterrorism, u. Phillip ulmer, usaf special to american forces press service. The key to economic cooperation in in this region is the continuation of private sector development.
An overview of mergers and acquisitions under nigerian. In order to build support for the implementation of the united nations integrated strategy for the sahel uniss, unowas works in close partnership with the countries of the sahel, regional organizations including the african union au, the economic community of central african states eccas economic community of west african states ecowas, the g5 sahel, etc. Special forces support pan sahel initiative in africa. Annex united nations integrated strategy for the sahel. On the margins of the 31st summit of the africa union in nouakchott, the united nations deputy secretarygeneral amina j. Reprinted by permission of westview press, a member of. Environmental and social management framework executive summaries english abstract the regional support project for irrigation initiative in the sahel pariis is part of the dynamics of the high level forum on irrigation held in dakar on october 31, 20 and which brought. Reprinted by permission of westview press, a member of perseus books group. People in the region continue to suffer severely from the consequences of violence and conflict, violations of human rights, underdevelopment. There is a ticking time bomb waiting to go off in the sahel. It is a unique field in the nigeria legal system, and. Organizing to advance solutions in the sahel to discuss this issue. As concerned civil society from africa and europe, we welcome the potential of the new alliance with the sahel, which seeks to accelerate and increase development efforts in the. However, based on common development chal lenges, the uniss sahel plan is only limited to 10 countries burkina faso, cameroon, the gambia, guinea, mali, mauritania, niger, nigeria, senegal and chad.
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