The Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Use of Weaponsof the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) co-organized a capacity consultations workshop with the National Counter Terrorism Centre of Kenya (NCTC) from 28 to 29 January 2026, in Nairobi, Kenya.
Hosted by the Humanitarian Peace Support Center, the consultations were held under the project “Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and supported by the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS).
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Source: United Nations, Office of Counter-Terrorism
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