Mogadishu - For centuries, Somalis have practiced Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), a procedure that has severe consequences for the health of thousands girls and women in the country. But through advocacy and…
HERAT - Local officials in Herat announced they have started a process to collect all drug addicts form the city and send them to a shelter.The Provincial Governor, Fazlullah Wahidi, said in an interview that a shelter has…
Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 05 February 2014 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, and his Deputy, Ross Mountain, met today with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The discussions covered the…
KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan said today that the level of women’s participation in the upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for 5 April, will be “a key measure of success”…
4 February 2014 – Amid continued fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners are setting up temporary classrooms for more than 20,000 children in the capital…
Training course in preventive conservation of archival records, introduction to records management, Tripoli, Red Castle, Department of Antiquities of Libya 26 January – 5 February 2014 TRIPOLI, 4 February 2014 – From 26…
4 February 2014 – The eleven Presidential candidates contesting the 5 April Afghan elections started their political campaign on Sunday, with billboards and banners dotting major Afghan cities, including the capital, Kabul…
KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all those engaged in armed hostilities around the world to observe the Olympic Truce by laying down their weapons, as the Russian city of Sochi prepares to…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is organizing a series of workshops for 550 CDA Candidates on “Inclusive Constitution” from 1st – 9th February 2014 in the Corinthia Hotel, Tripoli in partnership with UNSMIL…
Excellency, It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of former Somali Prime Minister Abdirisak Hajji Hussein on 31 January 2014.His integrity and commitment to justice and good governance inspired generations of…
Mogadishu – Excellency, It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of former Somali Prime Minister Abdirisak Hajji Hussein on 31 January 2014.His integrity and commitment to justice and good governance inspired…
Abuja, 2 February 2014 - The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission established pursuant to the Joint Communiqué adopted at the Summit Meeting which took place in Geneva on 15 November 2002 between His Excellency Paul Biya…