UNITED NATIONS: The five-nation G5 military task force in the Sahel faces persistent training and equipment shortfalls at a time of spiralling violence in the war against armed Islamist groups in the region, according to a UN report on Tuesday .
"The security situation continued to deteriorate across the Sahel region, with attacks by terrorist groups against civilians and security forces and persistent violence along community lines," the UN report, submitted to the UN Security Council by Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said. "I remain deeply concerned about the spiralling violence in the Sahel, which has spread to coastal States of West Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea," the document read."Terrorist groups have strengthened their foothold across the Sahel region, making large swaths of territory unstable and stoking ethnic violence, especially in Burkina Faso and Mali."
"To fully play its role and yield more tangible results, the Joint Force will need more support," Guterres said.
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