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28 December 2010 – A large crowd today attacked a three-vehicle convoy of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte d'Ivoire in the commercial capital of Abidjan, slashing one soldier with a machete and setting one of the…
23 December 2010 – The United Nations Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the human rights violations in Côte d'Ivoire, and demanded the protection of civilians and the prosecution of those responsible for abuses in…
20 December 2010 – Rebuffing a demand by Côte d'Ivoire's president that the United Nations mission leave after it certified his electoral defeat, the Security Council today renewed the nearly 9,000-strong force for another…
4 January 2011 - The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened its office in the capital Kabul on 2 January. The OIC is the second largest worldwide inter-governmental organization after the United Nations, with 57…
UNAMID PR / 01-2011 Statement to the Media UNAMID peacekeeper released after 90 days of captivity El Fasher, 05 January 2011 – A UNAMID international civilian staff member, who was abducted from his accommodation in El Fasher…
4 January 2011 – Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir made a whirlwind visit to Juba today in what may mark his final trip to the southern capital as leader of a united Sudan. Upon his arrival at Juba International Airport…
Tens of thousands of internally displaced Sudanese have been heading back to their southern roots with little more than a few household items and the shirts on their backs. Initially, they struggled to return from the north…
The flagship of the Roman Catholic Church in the greater Bahr El-Ghazal region of Southern Sudan is the cathedral of Wau. Opened in 1956, it is an imposing brick structure replete with cupola and rose window and ranks as the…
Armed with clean sheets of paper and pencils, teenagers were drawing clouds, trees and solid houses in central Omdurman's Felah Centre before returning to the streets, where most of them lived. "We come from the street," said…
04 January 2011 - With the referendum on South Sudan less than a week away, the South Sudan Referendum Commission, in cooperation with UNAMID and UNMIS, is concluding a series of training seminars for staff at the 20 polling…
2 January 2011 – In a continuing effort to reach areas inaccessible by road, UNMIS airlifted voting materials to the Central Equatoria State payam of Tali today, just a week before balloting begins in Southern Sudan's long…
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HERAT - Abdul Karim (not his real name) is a nine-year-old Afghan child. He waits under the street traffic light in downtown Herat for the cars to come and cleans their windscreens in the hope of gleaning some money. Abdul is…