West Africa: TRI-Border Area : Military and civilian actors work together for better coordination to address insecurity in the Liptako-Gourma region

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West Africa: TRI-Border Area : Military and civilian actors work together for better coordination to address insecurity in the Liptako-Gourma region

Press Release - Niamey, March 14, 2022 : Niger is hosting from March 14 to 18, a series of training sessions led by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). These sessions, which follow on from those that took place in Bamako, focus on the Liptako-Gourma region and brings together local and administrative authorities, military, civil society and humanitarian actors ; in order to improve coordination. It also ai

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