The Senegalese Abdoulaye Mar Dieye should be able to better fight against humanitarian and security crises.
Le Monde avec AFP
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, announced Thursday, January 7 the appointment of a Senegalese, Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, as special coordinator for development in the Sahel, a job creation aimed at better combating humanitarian and security crises .
Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, who will be based in Dakar, “is a macroeconomist and development expert with solid development experience gained over the past thirty-five years,” said the chief. of the UN in a press release.
This new post follows resolutions adopted by the UN which called for strengthening “collective and integrated engagement in the Sahel region to stop the deterioration of the situation, recognizing the interdependence of security, humanitarian and of development “. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye has until now worked as an adviser to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
In early December, experts responsible for coordinating food security in ten countries in West Africa and the Sahel warned against the increase in hunger in this area alongside jihadism and its violence. If nothing is done, the number of hungry people is expected to hit a record high (up to 24 million people) by the summer, they warned.