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4 March 2014 - Assisting South Sudanese police to become better leaders, UN Police began a one-month course in management skills today in Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State. “The state police commissioner requested us to…
By Sharon Lukunka Women and girls receive English lessons in the schoolroom in Abu Shouk camp, North Darfur. Photo by Albert González Farran. Mariam Hussein Hassan, age 50, and Taja Yagoub Mohamed, 43, are among hundreds of…
4 March 2014 - Government and opposition delegations at Ethiopia peace talks on resolving the South Sudan conflict are taking a two-week break, as they continue to wait for an agenda, officials said today. Government…
In a bid to make the women in the Indienne-Djuablin region an indispensable factor in the development of the area, a rights awareness day was organized for them on Friday 28 February 2014 by the Indienne Students Association…
Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns the grenade attack on a MONUSCO convoy in Beni Kinshasa, 03 Mars 2014: On Monday, a MONUSCO vehicle was attacked with grenades in the Beni region of North Kivu. “This attack…
A grassroots campaign for the strengthening of social cohesion, respect of human rights, and the peaceful resolution of conflict was launched on Saturday 1 March 2014 in Gbeleban division by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire…
3 March 2014 - The UNMISS Nepalese battalion handed over two pit latrine buildings and four renovated dormitories to the town’s secondary school during a ceremony today in the Lakes State capital Rumbek. Acting Head Teacher…
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This report released by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) focuses on human rights violations committed between 1st October 2011 and 31 January 2012 in the…
3 March 2014 - With fresh outbreaks of fighting in South Sudan likely to displace tens of thousands of additional people, the emergency in the world’s newest nation risks becoming overwhelming, UNICEF said today. “We are…
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Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, is closely monitoring developments in Baidoa, including the outcome of today’s conference, and has taken note of the Federal…
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Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, is closely monitoring developments in Baidoa, including the outcome of today’s conference, and has taken note of the Federal…
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KABUL - While welcoming the first report of the Government of Afghanistan on the implementation of a landmark law that seeks to stem violence against women, a senior human rights official with the United Nations Assistance…