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KABUL - An exceptional harvest and large-scale mining activities in 2012 helped Afghanistan achieve almost 12 per cent growth in its gross domestic product (GDP), an increase from a growth rate of just above seven per cent…

09 May 2013 - The mandate of the United Nations political mission in Guinea-Bissau, which last year underwent a military coup, should be adjusted to support a two-phase process for the full restoration of constitutional order…

7 May 2013 - Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister Rui Barros inaugurated today, a new Access-to-Justice Center in the eastern town of Bafatá in the company of the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea…

The men and women who train Liberia’s corrections officers are now proudly wearing new polo shirts donated by the Swedish Prisons and Probation Service (SPPS.) The donation was made in recognition of the work done to raise…

KABUL - A two-day United Nations-backed conference, which concluded in Kabul today, highlighted the need for placing agriculture at the core of Afghanistan's national strategy for economic growth and sustainable job creation…

In a meeting with UNMIL personnel, Landgren said the mission is coming to the end of Phase 1 of its drawdown that was approved by the Security Council. “It has been a successful first year which has happened without incident…

The engineering unit of UNMIL Bangladeshi Contingent (BANENGR-18) continues to make remarkable contribution to Liberia’s infrastructural development. In addition to equipping the Ministry of Public Works personnel with the…

Two UN Police Officers have been commended by their commanding officers as well as Liberian local government authorities for courageously saving a young Liberian woman from a possibly fatal attack by an angry mob in Pleebo…

KABUL - Afghanistan continues to be the largest grower of opium in the world, with the country accounting for an estimated 64 per cent of its global production, according to a report from the United Nations agency leading…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official with personal experience of South Africa’s own path to reconciliation last week told members of the body leading Afghanistan’s peace negotiations not to lose hope and keep moving…