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Balloting in the Western Bahr El Ghazal state capital of Wau began on time Monday morning, and among the voters who went to the polls on Day Two of Sudan's historic general election was Francis Fongo, a blind retiree of 67…
At a quiet voting station in Khartoum's upscale Riyad area around noon on the second day of Sudan's poll, about five women were sitting in the shade of a tree and some men lingering around. Hayat Saleh, a middle-aged woman…
When Sudan held its last elections over two decades ago, Maria Majok of Warrap State was just a baby on her mother's back. "My mother told me that I was a three-month-old baby when she participated in the elections 24 years…
12 April 2010 - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted…
12 April 2010 - Latest news and information from various United Nations agencies in Afghanistan. MACCA CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON DEMINERS The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on…
KABUL - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted in the…
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11 April 2010 - Voting began today in the Sudan's first multiparty elections since 1986. The national ballot will take place over a three-day period in the country's 25 states, three of which are in Darfur. Of the Sudan's 16…
There was a definite buzz in the air at the polling centre located at the Abogesesa School in Malakal on the first day of voting in Sudan's historic general election. Excited voters began to queue outside the facility as…
11 April 2010 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan today launched in Kabul the UNDP Asia-Pacific Human Development Report identifying three key areas “where policy interventions will produce…
Although they may not be perfect, elections were the greatest chance Sudan had to become democratic, commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC) told a Khartoum press conference on 10 April. Addressing…
11 April 2010 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Afghan Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) have signed the Annual Work Plan on Gender as they renewed their commitment to reduce gender-based violence and…
11 April 2010 - Mohamed Yacoub, 60 years old, collects a bag full of wheat and peas, a can containing cooking oil, a small portion of salt. His hands are thick from working the land; his face burnt spending days under the sun…