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The present report by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) focuses on serious violations of human rights, namely summary and extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances, committed against civilians…
On the occasion of the back-to-school sporting season in Guiglo and Blolequin, the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) seized the opportunity to sensitise the population of the two towns…
15 October 2014 - South Sudan remained free of the Ebola and Marburg viruses, senior government and World Health Organization (WHO) officials said in Juba this week. Addressing a press conference on 13 October, Health…
- Feature Stories
Garowe - The Federal Government of Somalia and Puntland State of Somalia signed an agreement today to resume relations and work together on peace and state-building priorities. High-ranking officials from the United Nations…
In a bid to improve the performance of the Ivorian police and gendarmerie services, the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in collaboration with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) organized a 5-day seminar last week for…
South Sudan joins the international community in celebrating World Food Day on 16 October. With displacement, conflict and seed shortages disrupting farming, several areas of the country face grave food insecurity. Photo…
South Sudan celebrated International Day of the Girl Child under the theme “Innovating for girls education" on 11 October. With less than one per cent of girls completing primary education, the country has the highest female…
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Mogadishu - Madam President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Council. I am particularly pleased to be doing so alongside the new Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and Head of…
GENEVA (14 October 2014) – Human rights defenders, political activists, bloggers and media professionals have been under increasing attack from armed groups in Libya since mid-May, when fighting between rival factions…
- Top Stories
Garowe – The United Nations, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ethiopia in its capacity as the Chair of the IGAD Council of Ministers, and the European Union (EU) welcomed the agreement signed today…
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Joint statement by envoys of the UN, the EU, IGAD and the current Chair of the IGAD Council of Ministers, Ethiopia: International partners welcome agreement between the Federal Government and Puntland Garowe – The United…
"ONUCI-Tour", the mobile sensitsation team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) visited the inhabitants of Gogo, 680 km north of Abidjan on 10 October 2014 to discuss the theme: 'Mechanisms for conflict prevention and…