Growing concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Africa's Sahel region -- and the risk of a spillover into Sub-Saharan Africa -- brought the Sahel G5 states to the United Nations Monday.
On the agenda... UN Security Council options to support a regional counter-terror force tasked with combating violent extremism and organized criminal activity.
Our UN correspondent Liling Tan has the latest from New York.
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