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The 16 Days of Activism campaign aligned with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, is observed from the 25th of November until the 10th of December as an effort to raise awareness of the…
Oslo, 28 November 2016 – Special Envoy Said Djinnit travelled to Norway on 27-28 November to meet with several authorities, including stakeholders in the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework agreement for the…
25 November 2016 – Wrapping up a visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region, a United Nations envoy today [25 November 2016] urged stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) electoral process to do more to help…
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The United Nations has commenced training of Galmudug State Assembly members to strengthen their legislative capacities, as part of ongoing efforts to build nascent Federal State institutions in Somalia. The training…
Sobhi Sleem, engineer and project manager, switches a button and the pumps at Deir Mimess Water Treatment plant whirr into life. The sound is quite unfamiliar in Deir Mimess as for the last number of years this sewage…
UNFICYP Force Commander Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir last week undertook inspections of the mission’s Sectors and the Mobile Force Reserve unit in order to assess their preparedness to fulfill their duties. Between 21…
Kinshasa, 27 November 2016 - A group of some 50 Mayi-Mayi Mazembe this morning attacked over 1000 Hutu displaced families, located at Luhanga in North Kivu, killing more than 20 and injuring a similar number. A MONUSCO…
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Five more members of parliament were elected today to the House of the People in the ongoing electoral process in Baidoa and Jowhar, the administrative capitals of South West and HirShabelle States. The election in Baidoa…
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HERAT - The story of an Afghan girl who convinces her family to let her complete her schooling, rather than get married, was at the centre of a series of UNAMA-backed theatre performances in the country’s western Herat…
The UNMISS Civil Affairs Division, supported by the Institute for the Development of Civil Society (IDCS), today concluded a two-day training to educate participants on dialogue skills necessary in resolving domestic…
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The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) Michael Keating and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia Francisco Madeira visited Cadaado…
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Four more candidates were elected to the Lower House of Somalia’s Federal Parliament in the ongoing electoral process in the South West State. In Baidoa, two women were among the four candidates elected on day nine of…