KABUL - The newly constructed Asmaee Bridge in Kabul city, designed to reduce Kabul city traffic congestion, was officially opened at an impressive function today. Print English - Dari Kabul Mayor, Mohammad Yonus Nawandish…
Mogadishu, 15 March 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine Mahiga has condemned in the strongest possible terms the cowardly suicide attack at the entrance of Villa Somalia, the seat of…
New York, 13 March 2012, The Secretary-General believes the report and recommendations of theInternational Commission of Inquiry on Libya provide a strong basisfor the Libyan authorities to address human rights issues in…
KANDAHAR - Wide spectrum of the Afghan society in the country’s south have called for calm in the aftermath of tragic killing earlier this week of civilians in Kandahar province. According to the Kandahar Governor’s Office…
NEW YORK - I was very, very sad to hear about this shocking incident. So many people, including children, were killed by the act of a single individual. We expect that an investigation will rapidly establish the facts and…
11 March 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS Joseph Mutaboba today welcomed the relative peaceful environment noted during the first week of electoral campaign in Guinea-Bissau and…
NEW YORK - The United Nations is stepping up its efforts to provide health, food aid and temporary shelter to those affected by the avalanche that hit the Dispay village in the Badakshan province of northern Afghanistan last…
The London Conference on Somalia took place at Lancaster House on 23 February 2012, attended by fifty-five delegations from Somalia and the international community.
BAMYAN - Residents of Bamyan in Afghanistan’s central highlands converged today at the foot of the cavern where a Giant Buddha once stood to commemorate the 11th anniversary of its destruction. Bamyan’s two cliff-carved Giant…