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NEWYORK - The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to seize the window of opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation that exists, despite the recent killing of the former Afghan president who was…
29 September 2011 - In the framework of UNAMID risk awareness raising activities throughout Darfur on the dangers of unexploded ordnance (UXOs), the Mission’s Ordnance Disposal Office conducted a two-day workshop on puppetry…
On 12 January 2010, the world heard the news about Haiti’s earthquake, one of the strongest since 1770 (7.0 magnitude). Most of us were alerted and followed the news, hoping the best for the Haitians. NilarKyi, a UN volunteer…
28 September 2011 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) conducted one-day free medical services to the public at the Nahada hospital in Nyala, South Darfur. A Pakistani medical team was deployed to the…
28 September 2011 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson today praised South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's commitment to ensure political inclusion in his country's government…
Business prospectors and job seekers from different parts of Sudan and South Sudan are flocking to oil-rich Melut County, especially the payams (townships) of Paloich and Adar Yale. Located in Upper Nile State, Melut's seven…
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KABUL - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed the commitment of the United Nations to assist the people of Afghanistan during talks with the country’s Foreign Minister in New York. UN News Centre During their meeting on…
While the status of transborder families remains unclear in Sudan, where recent legislation reportedly rules out dual citizenship, their fate appears clearer in nascent South Sudan. The Transitional Constitution of the…
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23 September 2011 – Burundi, one of the first States targeted by the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission that seeks to prevent post-conflict countries from relapsing back into violence, today said a massacre perpetrated…
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21 September 2011 – Burundi has intensified its efforts in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases in a United Nations-backed initiative that adds acute respiratory infections to the list of illnesses targeted in…
26 September 2011 – UN agencies in South Sudan began a two-week training course for 40 of the country's police officers yesterday in the capital of Juba to build their capacities in crime awareness and investigation. The…
El Fasher, 26 September 2011 - “When the conflict broke out in Darfur in 2003, it not only destroyed property and displaced thousands of civilians but it also disrupted the means of livelihood for nomads,” Amina Omer Alhaj, a…