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KABUL - A warehouse on the outskirts of Kabul was today the centre of attention as election workers packing ballot papers and boxes welcomed the UN’s top envoy in the country. Since the last A300 flight with 153,000…
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KABUL - Village elders from the restive north eastern province of Nuristan have warned that the province will collapse unless urgent attention is paid to their concerns. They want an increase in infrastructure development…
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27 July 2009 - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today praised the country’s election authorities for staying on schedule with preparations for the upcoming national and regional elections. Some 17 million ballot…
UN staff recently gathered together throughout Sudan on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers (29 May) to celebrate the work of over 110,000 UN peacekeepers in 20 peacekeeping missions worldwide. UN staff recently gathered…
Leaning against a small Juba shop piled high with canned goods, soaps and other household essentials, Kiju Samuel said he was making a better living trading in his hometown than he had in Uganda. Leaning against a small Juba…
Standing at the side of one of the main roads leading to Juba, Haruna Apiligga gazed with dismay at the smashed beer crates, scattered water bottles and torn boxes of maize flour that had tumbled out of his overturned truck…
Scavenging for food in a Juba garbage dump along with some chickens, adults and other children, 12-year-old Josephine Poni said her life depended on how much the rich threw away. Scavenging for food in a Juba garbage dump…
As part of a month-long focus on photography throughout Paris, three Sudanese photographers exhibited their work at UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters there from 31 October to 14…
For the second time in three months, a county commissioner in Southern Sudan has promulgated a ban on the wearing of certain types of clothing in public. For the second time in three months, a county commissioner in Southern…
Sheltering from the mid-day sun under a dust-covered tent at the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) centre in Ed Damazin, Blue Nile State, former combatant Salah Annayem Omar said his peacetime ambition was…
In a message read out on International Women's Day celebrations across Sudan on 8 March, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that violence against women was an attack on the foundation of civilization. In a message read out…
While hundreds of Southern Sudanese have been forced into the ranks of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) against their will, others are joining self-defense units in Western Equatoria State to repulse attacks launched by the…