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views-row-even"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1152986" target="_blank">UN counter-terrorism chief highlights Da’esh surge, calling for global action</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">08 August 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Islamic State (ISIL/Da’esh) and its affiliates have expanded their activities and finances in several parts of Africa, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, resulting in a major spike in attacks and civilian fatalities, a senior UN counter-terrorism official warned the Security Council on Thursday.</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/02/1146607" target="_blank">‘Force alone is not the answer,’ says UN counter-terrorism chief</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">15 February 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>International cooperation is vital to confront the multi-faceted challenges resulting from terrorism, the head of the UN Office dedicated to confronting the scourge worldwide said on Thursday, calling for decisive multilateral action.</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/01/1145852" target="_blank">Africa now ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism: UN chief</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">24 January 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>In just a matter of years, Africa has become the “global epicentre of terrorism”, with groups such as Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, calling for violent extremism to be rooted ou</p></div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/08/1140077" target="_blank">Da’esh and affiliates still a threat in conflict zones, UN counter-terrorism officials report</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">25 August 2023</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Despite successful international counter-terrorism initiatives, the extremist group Da’esh and its affiliates continue to pose a serious threat in conflict zones and neighbouring countries, the UN Security Council heard on Friday. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/08/1139927" target="_blank">UN honours survivors of terrorism working for peace</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">21 August 2023</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Paying respect to the thousands lost or harmed through terrorist attacks around the world each year, the UN is launching a project to help survivors’ testimonies be heard, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday’s International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.</p></div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/06/1138002" target="_blank">UN Counter-Terrorism Week: Preventing violent extremism</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">21 June 2023</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Zeinabou Maata, a Muslim from Mauritania, is one of 50 women serving on the frontlines of preventing the spread of violent extremism in her country, with UN support.</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/06/1137892" target="_blank">Poverty, inequality and exclusion fuelling terrorism, warns UN chief</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">19 June 2023</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>With terrorism posing a complex, constantly evolving and multi-faceted threat, law-enforcement agencies gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday in search of a comprehensive, inclusive, and effective multilateral response.</p> </div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/03/1135117" target="_blank">UN underlines support for Africa’s fight against terrorism</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">28 March 2023</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Although no region is immune to terrorism, the situation in Africa is especially concerning, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, underlining UN support to countries striving to “end this scourge.” </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <h2 class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/03/1134552" target="_blank">Counter-terrorism 'rhetoric' used to justify rise of surveillance technology: human rights expert</a></span> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">14 March 2023</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Some countries and private companies are using “counter-terrorism and security rhetoric” to justify a major increase in the deployment and use of cutting-edge surveillance technology, with no regulation, and at an “enormous cost” to human rights, said an independent UN expert on Tuesday.</p> </div> </div></li> </ul></div> </div> <ul class="pager"><li class="pager-previous"> </li> <li class="pager-current">1 of 4</li> <li class="pager-next"><a title="Go to next page" href="/counterterrorism/news-articles?page=1">next ›</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 radix-layouts-sidebar panel-panel"> 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