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12 March 2014 - To give internally displaced people (IDPs) better shelter, UNMISS and humanitarian actors today moved the first batch of Juba IDPs from the mission’s base in Tomping to another in Jebel which is better…
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KABUL - Condemning the killing of a Swedish-British journalist in Kabul on Tuesday, an Afghan media rights group today called on the Government of Afghanistan to take “serious measures” for ensuring the protection of…
March 10, 2014 - It was an air of festivity as UNDOF women peacekeepers gathered to mark the widely celebrated International Women’s Day. It was also an opportunity for the women of this multi cultured mission to showcase a…
MONUSCO Goma commemorated the International Women’s Day 08 March with a 2-day Art Exhibition. Organized by MONUSCO Welfare Unit in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, the exhibition showcased, amongst…
A workshop organized by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) for some 60 civil society actors and local security forces including police, gendarmes, soldiers and water and forestry guards in Vavoua has stressed the need…
The people of Nielle, 750 km north of Abidjan, celebrated the International Women's Day in partnership with the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Saturday 8 March 2014. In his address on the occasion, the head of the…
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Mogadishu - Madam President, Members of the Council, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to brief the Council from Mogadishu today, and for your continued support to Somalia’s peace-building and state-building. I am on…
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at Naqoura in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra welcomed the…
KABUL - With 23 days left before Afghans go to the polls to elect a new President and Provincial Council members, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) highlights that taking part in elections is a…
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KABUL - She was supposed to be an engineer. But Jamila Bayaz lasted a year studying engineering at Kabul University before finally convincing her family to let her join Afghanistan’s police force.That was three decades ago…
By Albert González Farran A man takes shelter under his donkey cart in Kalma camp for internally displaced people, in South Darfur. Photo by Albert González Farran Thousands of people fled their homes during the looting and…
11 March 2014 - The trial of four political leaders accused of masterminding a coup in mid-December 2013 to overthrow President Salva Kiir’s government began today in a special Juba court. The detainees include Pagan Amum…