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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · 15d

🎙Recently briefed @UN Member States on how the rule of law approach of @orolsi.bsky.social makes #CounterTerrorism and the prevention of #ViolentExtremism effective in the field. Also thanked outgoing @UN_OCT USG #Voronkov for his steadfast work and inspiring leadership. #CT #PCVE

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · Aug 7

🎙️In my (first!) podcast interview, I discuss with @policycenterns.bsky.social how @UN now supports #peace & #security beyond #peacekeeping contexts, including to strengthen #RuleOfLaw, #justice and #security through @orolsi.bsky.social work in Sub-Saharan #Africa. soundcloud.com/policycenter...

The Recent Evolution of UN Work on Peace and Security ?

By Ahmed Ouhnini and Jérôme Mellon, Head of Policy and Operational Support - United Nations. In this episode, we explore how the United Nations works beyond traditional peacekeeping contexts to supp

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · Aug 4

Em #SaoTomeEPrincipe 🇸🇹, o Primeiro-Ministro, interlocutores dos setores da #justiça e #segurança, com @ONU_STP, reconheceram o impacto e a necessidade do suporte contínuo da @orolsi.bsky.social para o desenvolvimento institucional. Reiteramos nosso compromisso de continuar engajados.

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · Aug 4

In #SaoTomeAndPrincipe 🇸🇹, the Prime Minister, key interlocutors of the #justice & #security sector and @ONU_STP confirmed the significant impact and continuing needs of @orolsi.bsky.social institutional development advisory #IDA support. We committed to remaining fully engaged.

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · Jul 27

🇵🇹Productive discussions with ministries of Foreign Affairs @NEstrangeiro_pt & @Defesa_pt and with #AtlanticCentre & @InstCamoes in #Lisbon about work of @orolsi.bsky.social Institutional Development Advisers #IDA, including in lusophone countries, as we aim to work closer with #Portugal.

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · Jul 22

In #SierraLeone 🇸🇱, I participated in a weeklong @orolsi.bsky.social mission to discuss with Government, civil society and @UNSierraLeone how our Institutional Development Advisory #IDA programme could contribute to #peace, #justice and #security in the country.

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · Jun 4

O Presidente de #SaoTomeEPrincipe discursou na Comissão de Consolidação da Paz e se reuniu com o @undppa.bsky.social PBSO e o @orolsi.bsky.social, destacando a implementacao de sua estratégia de #PrevencaoDeConflitos e o progresso continuo na #ReformaDoSetorDeSegurança e #justica. #PBC @RepSaoTome

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · Jun 4

The President of #SaoTomeAndPrincipe addressed the @unpeacebuilding.bsky.social Commission and met @undppa.bsky.social PBSO and @orolsi.bsky.social, highlighting the adoption of its #ConflictPrevention strategy and steady progress on #justice and #SecuritySectorReform. #PBC @RepSaoTome

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 16

👉Analysts have warned that the junta’s strategy of military escalation, including the mass recruitment of civilians into poorly trained militias, has worsened inter-ethnic tensions. (3/3) @apnews.com @nbcnews.com

Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 16

👉The latest attack shows JNIM’s escalating power and widening reach in Burkina Faso. The fact that Djibo was targeted confirms the extent of JNIM’s freedom of movement within Burkina Faso. (2/3)

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 16

👉An attack by #JNIM in northern #BurkinaFaso killed more than 100 people, mostly soldiers. The attack on several locations, including a military base and the long besieged strategic town of Djibo, occurred early Sunday. (1/3) www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...

More than 100 killed in jihadi attack in northern Burkina Faso

A jihadi group aligned with Al-Qaida known as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, which is active in the Sahel region, claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack.

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 16

👉If #IslamicState West Africa Province #ISWAP links up with Islamic State Sahel Province #ISSP, it will help both groups operationally, extending the jihadists’ reach from the Sahel to the #LakeChadBasin. (3/3) @TheSoufanCenter

Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 16

👉#JNIM has expanded its recruitment activities and control of territory, pushing eastward from #BurkinaFaso toward #Niger, and southward toward #Benin, #Ghana, and #Togo. (2/3)

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 16

👉For the fourth year in a row, the #Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa has been the most lethal theater in terms of deaths stemming from #terrorism. (1/3) thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Sub-Saharan Africa Remains an Epicenter of Violent Jihadist Terrorism - The Soufan Center

For the fourth year in a row, the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa—a semi-arid region stretching from the Sahel desert in North Africa to the more humid savannas of the south—has been the most letha...

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

Le JNIM a déjà exploité des vulnérabilités similaires dans tout le #Sahel ; le Sénégal ne devrait pas être considéré comme exception durable sans des efforts de prévention et de renforcement de la résilience communautaire. (4/4) @Timbuktuacps

Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉Le Sénégal présente des facteurs de vulnérabilité que le JNIM peut exploiter, notamment une frontière poreuse, un déficit de prise de conscience des enjeux sécuritaires au niveau de la population, des défis socio-économiques pressants et la propagation du #salafisme. (3/4)

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉Bien que sa priorité immédiate soit d'utiliser les espaces mauritaniens et sénégalais à des fins économiques pour faciliter le financement de ses actions et le recrutement, le JNIM essaiera probablement d'étendre progressivement son contrôle territorial à l'avenir. (2/4)

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉Les actions du #JNIM dans le sud-ouest du #Mali indiquent qu'il cherche à infiltrer la #Mauritanie et le #Sénégal. Le JNIM a augmenté de façon exponentielle ses activités à Kayes, région frontalière du Mali avec #Guinée, Mauritanie et Sénégal. (1/4) timbuktu-institute.org/index.php/to...

RAPPORT : La menace du JNIM dans la zone des trois frontières du Mali, de la Mauritanie et du Sénégal

Timbuktu Institute – Mai 2025 Télécharger le rapport intégral en bas de l’article Les actions du Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimîn (JNIM) dans le sud-ouest du Mali indiquent qu'il cherche à...

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

This shift, along with the bloc’s withdrawal from @ecowas_cedeao, has created opportunities for groups such as #JNIM to expand their activities into coastal #WestAfrica. (4/4) @globalpeaceindex.bsky.social

Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉The Alliance of Sahelian States #AES, comprising #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, and Niger, has moved away from the West, instead strengthening ties with #Russia and #China. (3/4)

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉#Niger highlights how fragile progress in reducing terrorism deaths can be. In 2024, the country recorded the largest increase in terrorism deaths globally, rising by 94% to a total of 930, reversing previous improvements from 2022 when it had the 2nd largest improvement. (2/4)

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉The #Sahel remains the global epicentre of #terrorism, accounting for over half of all terrorism-related deaths in 2024 with the number of countries affected increasing. Five of the ten countries most impacted by terrorism are in this region. (1/4) www.visionofhumanity.org/sahel-domina...

10 countries most impacted by terrorism | GTI 2025

The Sahel remains the global epicentre of terrorism, accounting for over half of all terrorism-related deaths in 2024 with the number of countries affected increasing.

www.visionofhumanity.org

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

The result appears to be a surge of civilian deaths.
👉Security experts say one reason #jihadist violence has increased is because Niger’s new leaders ended the talks that Mr. @MohamedBazoum had been holding with the insurgents. (3/3) @elianpeltier.bsky.social @nytimes.com

Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉Since the coup, Niger’s rulers have expelled #France military personnel and ordered U.S. armed forces to vacate a sprawling air base in the country’s north. They have turned toward #Russia for military assistance, and remained close to #Turkey, which has provided drones. (2/3)

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Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social · May 15

👉In the #WestAfrica nation of #Niger, killings by insurgents have surged since the military seized power in a #coup, expelled #US and #Europe troops and stopped negotiations with #Islamist groups. (1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/w...

After Military Took Power, Terrorist Attacks Only Got Worse

www.nytimes.com

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