As the number of humanitarian crises grow and global power shifts south and east, how will the United Nations react to these changes over the next decade?
Hundreds of northern Malians have been detained by the Malian army since the French military intervention to oust Islamist groups began in January, with many prisoners complaining of suffering torture and abuse and their ill-treatment allegedly proving fatal on two occasions.
Mali has been described as a “den of drug trafficking, extremism and criminality” with several research groups reporting that traffickers have linked up with extremist groups in the Sahel region, who use the profits to purchase weapons and fund radical activities.
Thousands of mentally ill people across Ghana, including children as young as nine, are being sent to “prayer camps” where they are often kept against their will and tied to walls or trees and forced to fast.