What's In Blue: The Gambia

• 24 January 2017

  Update on The Gambia

  Tomorrow (25 January), Council members are expected to receive a briefing from Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) via video-teleconference. The meeting has been organised as... Tags: Insights, Insights on Africa, The Gambia

• 12 January 2017

  Briefing and Consultations on the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel

  On Friday (13 January), the Security Council will receive a briefing from Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), which will be followed by consultations. Chambas’ briefing... Tags: Insights, Insights on Africa, Sahel Strategy, The Gambia, UNOWAS

• 18 December 2016

  Briefing on The Gambia

  Tomorrow morning (19 December), Council members are expected to receive a briefing in consultations on The Gambia from the Department of Political Affairs. This will be Council members’ third meeting on The Gambia since President Yahya Jammeh announced on 9... Tags: Insights, Insights on Africa, The Gambia

• 12 December 2016

  Briefing on The Gambia in Consultations

  This morning, Council members will be briefed on developments in The Gambia by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman in consultations. On Saturday (10 December), Council members issued a press statement that condemned President Yahya Jammeh’s announcement on Friday (9... Tags: Conflict Prevention, Insights, Insights on Africa, The Gambia