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1 August 2009 - Two issues currently focus the international community’s perspective on Afghanistan: The upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council Elections on 20 August and the major military offensive started by…
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1 August 2009 - UNAMA's latest radio show "Afghanistan Today" broadcast in Dari and Pashto on Radio Television Afghanistan is now available to listen to online and on iTunes.
KABUL - The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan continues to take a heavy toll on the country’s civilians, according to the United Nations mission there, which recorded over 1,000 deaths in the first six months of 2009 – 24 per…
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31 July 2009 - Malam Bacai Sanha is the new Guinea-Bissau's President. Sanha won the 26 July presidential run-off with 63.31 percent of the vote against 36.9 percent for Mohamed Kumba Yalá, from PRS, according to the final…
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31 July 2009 -- The United Nations Security Council by resolution 1881 (2009) has extended the mandate of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for another year until 31 July 2010. The Council welcomed the improvement in the…
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30 July 2009 -- The Security Council agreed today to extend the work of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur by another year and called for the UN to set out a plan so it can measure whether…
KABUL - “As the conflict intensifies and spreads, it is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians,” says the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a mid year report released Friday on the situation…
In an effort to strengthen prison officer managerial skills, UNMIS trained 32 Southern Sudan Prison Service officials from 13 to 17 July in Wau. In an effort to strengthen prison officer managerial skills, UNMIS trained 32…