Ivory Coast Gen Z frustration with 83-year-old President Ouattara push for fourth term builds up
Security is another challenge. Bordered to the north by conflict-hit Mali and Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast is under pressure to stop a push by armed groups into coastal West Africa. The two junta-led countries have severed ties with the regional bloc, leading to a breakdown in security cooperation.
Guterres: If the world spent $300 billion of $2.7 trillion directed to military budgets, it could eliminate extreme poverty
The report, according to SIPRI, calls for a fundamental shift in global priorities, emphasising excessive military spending undermines progress towards the UN SDGs.
