Urgent need for international focus on drivers of extremist violence, UNDP says

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In tonight's edition: We speak to Achim Steiner, the UNDP's administrator, about the urgent need for international focus on the drivers that lead to violent extremism. In Ghana, there are fears of a spillover in violence from Burkina Faso. Meanwhile in the Malian capital Bamako, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pledges assistance to West African states battling jihadists, as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on the continent.