Statement by Mr. Claver Gatete at the eleventh session of the Africa Regional Forum On Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11)
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 09, 2025(statement )“structural vulnerabilities, including the lingering effects of COVID-19, climate shocks, conflicts and geopolitical tensions, as well as mounting debt burdens, continue to stifle Africa’s progress.”
Top official warns of weakened regional security following withdrawal from West African economic bloc by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger
Stories & Blogs UNJul 12, 2024(story )Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s decision to pull out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “even as terrorism and transnational organized crime remain a pervasive threat”, will be damaging to regional relations all round, said the UN’s