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KABUL - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Lyons highlighted key developments around peace, urgent need to reduce…

The MINUSCA Burundi Contingent handed over two newly-renovated structures to local authorities in the Central African Republic’s Ombela Mpoko and Njoukou sub-prefectures. The commander of the 750-strong Burundi Contingent…

KABUL, 16 December 2020 - Media can follow http://webtv.un.org for the live webcast of the UN Security Council session on the Secretary-General’s latest Report on Afghanistan, scheduled to commence Thursday, 17 December, at…

MAIDAN WARDAK – Panellists in a series of UN-backed radio programmes across Afghanistan’s central provinces remain hopeful, despite all the many challenges and obstacles, that latest peace efforts will result in a final…

Hundreds of women peacefully marched through the main streets of the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui today to demand for inclusive, violence-free elections. “ All we want is peace,” sang the participants who donned…

Somalia Partnership Forum COMMUNIQUÉ 7 December 2020 Somalia and its international partners met in Mogadishu on 7th December 2020 for the Somalia Partnership Forum (SPF). The participants reviewed developments since the last…

Mogadishu - The Federal Government of Somalia and its international partners today gathered in the capital for a one-day, high-level meeting dedicated to taking stock of the progress made by the country in various areas, as…

KABUL – As part of a series of interactive radio programmes marking 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, participants from Afghanistan’s central provinces called for urgent measures to help prevent the crime.…

Mogadishu – The importance of improving security and the rule of law for the long-term future of Somalia was the focus of a high-level meeting today which brought together top officials from the country’s Federal Government…

Garowe – On their third group visit to Somalia’s Federal Member States (FMSs), representatives from some of the country’s main partners today emphasized the need for Somali leaders to remain in dialogue with one another, as…