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 GENEVA, Feb 7, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are what fuel recruitment

Quality education and exposure to different cultures identified as key preventive factors in African survey

Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N.

Worldwide deaths from terrorism have declined in the last five years, but deaths in sub-Saharan Africa have risen, making it now the global epicentre of attacks.

Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are what fuel recruitment to jihadist and other violent groups in Africa, the United Nations has announced.

The conclusion casts doubt on conventional wisdom that religious doctrine is the main lure for joining groups like Boko Haram, al-Shabaab and the Al-Qaeda-linked Support Group for Islam and Muslims

 Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are what fuel recruitment to jihadist and other violent groups in Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday.

UN launches emergency responses following devastating earthquakes in Türkiye, Syria-

With millions of Romanians living and working abroad, the country plans to use digital government both to support expatriates and to engage them in policy development back home. And it is looking to other countries for inspiration.

MONROVIA – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Christine N. Umutoni of Rwanda as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Liberia, with the host Government’s approval. She takes up her post on 1 February.Ms. Christine N. Umu