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KABUL - Afghanistan’s presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August are just one month away. Forty one presidential candidates, including two women and more than 3,000 provincial council candidates are…
With several bands providing a musical backdrop in the garden of Khartoum's National Museum, World Refugee Day was celebrated on June 20 with exhibitions of photos and handicrafts and a performance by children. With several…
The Indian army contingent opened a nursery school for Sudanese children in Akobo County soon after the UNMIS Temporary Operating Base (TOB) was established there in the aftermath of heavy fighting in May. The Indian army…
The UNMIS Kenyan medical team provided treatment to 57 inmates at the Wau prison on 5 June. The UNMIS Kenyan medical team provided treatment to 57 inmates at the Wau prison on 5 June. A team of seven Kenyan doctors set up a…
UNMIS peacekeepers cleaned the premises of Wau Teaching Hospital and the Sector II Chinese medical team trained hospital staff in the use of newly donated X-ray machines to commemorate World Environment Day on 5 June. UNMIS…
The Indian army contingent and the Malakal-based Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) joined forces on May 19 to plant 45 trees inside the Upper Nile University compound. The Indian army contingent and the Malakal-based Joint…
UNMIS marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers by kicking off the renovation of the children's hospital in Juba on 29 May, and celebrated the occasion elsewhere with marches and football games across Sudan…
To strengthen the security apparatus in Wau and its environs, UN Police spent about two months training a Formed Police Unit, which graduated in a ceremony on 22 May. To strengthen the security apparatus in Wau and its…
The Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) released official results for Sudan's Fifth Population and Housing Census on 6 June. Officials of the centre confirmed figures previously released by…
20 July 2009 - Afghanistan’s presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August are just one month away. Forty one presidential candidates, including two women and more than 3,000 provincial council candidates are…
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KABUL - For the first time ever two Afghan climbers have reached the summit of Afghanistan’s highest mountain. The two climbers, Amruddin and Malang, reached the 7,492 metres summit of Noshaq in the Hindu Kush in the Wakhan…
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19 July 2009 - The past year has witnessed a rise in violence against women in Afghanistan and of its public acceptance, according to the UN women’s development fund, UNIFEM.