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21 September 2012- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, and the Special Representative of the President of African Union Commission, Ovidio Pequeno, held a joint press…

KABUL - Around 8 million children under five years of age were administered anti-polio drops during a three-day nationwide campaign in Afghanistan last week. The campaign started on 16 September 2012 and continued for three…

KABUL - Speakers from 30 countries and organizations stressed the need for an increased regional and international cooperation for peaceful solution of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Otherwise, they warned at an…

New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Mark Bowden of the United Kingdom as his Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. Mr. Bowden will also serve as Resident…

In Côte d’Ivoire’s western regions, security is still fragile more than a year since the 2010 post-election violence. As ethnic tensions exacerbated by the conflict and compounded by inter-communal land disputes run high…

KABUL - The Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed in a meeting, chaired by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in the Turkish city of Istanbul last week that voluntary and dignified repatriation of the Afghan…

BAMYAN - Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) members in Bamiyan centre were trained this week on criminal procedure and fair trial rights during a two-day workshop jointly conducted by IWA and UNAMA UNAMA’s Rule of Law (RoL)…

NEWYORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his latest report to the Security Council on Afghanistan, has noted that improvements in the security situation had been registered against the record high incident levels of 2011.…

NEWYORK - A top United Nations humanitarian official today stressed the need to keep global attention focused on Afghan human development needs, as part of the wider international engagement with and support for the country.…

The nationwide annual “A Star is Born under 20 Talent Hunt” jointly organized by UNMIL and the government of Liberia will be launched tomorrow Friday 14, September, 2012 by the Minister of Information Culture and Tourism, Hon…