News from our Missions
Mogadishu, 23 July 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Dr. Augustine Mahiga, today welcomed the progress that has been made in completing the selection and verification of the 825…
HELMAND - Helmand Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Ilham told a press conference yesterday that the number of civilian casualties, caused by IEDs and roadside bombs planted by the Taliban, has reached to 81 dead and 110 injured in…
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance and the World Bank (WB) signed yesterday for a US$ 125 million grant from the WB’s International Development Association (IDA) to finance improvement and maintenance of rural roads…
KANDAHAR - The security responsibility of three districts of Kandahar Province – Dand, Daman and Arghandab – and Kandahar City were handed over from international forces to Afghan forces last week. Addressing a handover…
KANDAHAR - The head of Kandahar Transport Department, Najibullah Ahmadi, told local media that together with Kandahar Governor's office, they are working to start bus service between Kandahar and Quetta city of Pakistan soon…
KABUL - The representative of World Health Organization in Helmand, Doctor Mohammad Omar Wardak, said that six polio cases have been detected in Helmand province in the first half of this year. Three of these cases are in…
Mr President, When I briefed the Council for the first time after Libya's Declaration of Liberation, last October, I said that its people may seek from us lessons in the detail of democracy, but they can offer lessons in its…
Dakar, le 17 Juillet 2012 - Le Groupe de Travail Femmes Paix et Sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest a organisé une Journée de réflexion sur la contribution des jeunes à la promotion de l’approche genre et au développement d’une…
Mogadishu, 17 July 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has condemned yesterday's murder of a former Trade Minister in Mogadishu, allegedly by Al-Shabaab.
Mogadishu, 17 July 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has condemned yesterday's murder of a former Trade Minister in Mogadishu, allegedly by Al-Shabaab.
BAMYAN - Members of the Women Shura in the capital Nili city of Dai Kundi province will have funding support from the United Nations when they embark on their livelihood project soon. During a comprehensive meeting with staff…