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KANDAHAR - The communications director at the Kandahar Governor’s office, Engineer Shah Mohammad Eshaq, said yesterday that there had been “significant progress” in communication, mobile services and Internet services in the…
As part of a continuing effort to tackle unrest in Jonglei State, the South Sudanese Presidential Committee for Peace, Reconciliation and Tolerance in Jonglei organized a peace planning workshop in the capital Bor from 3 to 5…
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3 January 2013 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau…
22 January 2013 – Stressing that now is not the time for business as usual, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for innovative action to tackle the numerous challenges facing the world and to meet shared goals such as…
The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to deliver humanitarian assistance to displaced populations in the North Darfur villages of Saraf Omra, Kabkabya, El Sereif and Abu Gamra. Today, 12,000…
22 January 2013 - The inauguration of the National Elections Commission (NEC) in Juba today marked another key step in South Sudan's journey towards electoral democracy, according to national authorities and representatives…
KABUL - In a report released today, UNAMA found that despite significant efforts by the Government of Afghanistan and international partners to address ill-treatment of conflict-related detainees, torture persists and remains…
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KABUL - A total of 1,200 poor returnee families in Afghanistan’s Central Highlands Region have received non-food items and “cold packages” from United Nations agencies to keep them warm this winter. The UN Refugee Agency…
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KABUL - A 15-part television series, Kocha-e-Ma (Our Street), that tells the story of real life in Afghanistan in an imaginary area of old Kabul, was premiered in Kabul yesterday. The private channel, One TV (or “ Yak TV”)…
21 January 2013 - South Sudan has laid one of the key building blocks for democracy by establishing a rule of law system, said the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson…
16 January 2013 – As the number of children living and working on the streets of the Western Bahr El-Ghazal capital Wau continues to cause grave concern, the state's Child Protection Working Group unveiled an action plan…
Kisangani, 15 January 2013 – Local civil society organizations on Tuesday, 8 January 2013, concluded an awareness raising campaign, which took place over several weeks and aimed at promoting civic values and a culture of…