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UNMIL has handed over a newly renovated female cell to the staff of the Voinjama Central Prison and its female inmates. Human Rights and Protection Officer in the county, lstvan Lipniczki, said that the handover of the…

In a timely intervention by UNMIL, security personnel at the Putu Iron Ore Mining Ltd. (PIOML) in Grand Gedeh County received training in human rights and the rule of law, just as the company’s feasibility studies progressed…

13 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was received on Wednesday 13 February 2013 by Transitional Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros, marking the start…

The Government of Liberia and the United Nations have launched the UN’s second five year strategic assistance framework for Liberia, which will be known as the UN One Programme. During the launch ceremony at the Monrovia City…

13 February 2013 - The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, arrived on Wednesday, 13 February 2013, in Bissau. Speaking to journalists at the airport, Ramos-Horta…

The Government of Liberia and the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today welcomed the launch of Liberia’s first regional justice and security hub in Gbarnga, Bong County. With funding from the UN Peacebuilding…

The Jordanian Formed Police Unit Two (JFPU2) in Voinjama, Lofa County, conducted a medical outreach for seventy disabled persons as part of the activities marking the celebration of the International Day of Human Rights on 10…

KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan is contemplating to launching its first ever satellite or linking with an existing satellite to improve its internal and international communications. According to the Ministry of…

The Liberia National Police and UNPOL on 16 January held the first of what will be a series of press conferences this year. “Armed robbery has been reduced and LNP now maintains a no-nonsense approach toward criminality,”…

KUNDUZ - Carpet traders in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz Province are hit hard by sharp decline in carpet export, which is a major source of income for the local population. “Since two years ago, we have over production,”…