Stories from Middle East and North Africa

Egypt: UNODC inaugurates first-ever prison Voluntary Confidential Counseling, Testing and aftercare services

Cairo - 24 February 2019

Upholding the right to health and quality gender-sensitive HIV prevention and treatment services for those living in closed settings, UNODC inaugurates first-ever Voluntary Confidential Counseling, Testing and aftercare services inside three prisons in Egypt. The project started in 2016 and officially inaugurated by Egypt Assistant Minister of Interior H.E General Zakria Elghamry inside Wady Natroon Prison on 24 February 2019.[Read More]

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UNODC supports Parliaments in the Middle East and North Africa to address the threat of Foreign Terrorist Fighters

Luxor - 7 March 2019  

Parliamentarians from 16 countries in the Middle East and North Africa met in Egypt from 26 to 28 February at a high-level regional conference, co-organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to discuss combatting terrorism and violent extremism. [Read More]

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Regional - MENA Prosecutors General Commit to Enhance International Cooperation to Prevent the Emerging Terrorist Financing Threats

Cairo - 21 February 2019

Terrorism continues to be a major threat to security within the MENA region posing a series of challenges to the criminal justice systems including the emerging threats of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) and their expansion in the region. [Read More]

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