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KABUL - Afghanistan is among the world’s top 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries and the disease is a major public health problem, according to its Ministry for Public Heath (MoPH). “Every year, there are 189 new cases…

KABUL - Ján Kubiš was appointed the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in late 2011.A Slovak national, Mr. Kubiš has more than three…

24 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, is on working visit to Tombali region, south Guinea-Bissau, between today and Wednesday, along with a UNIOGBIS…

20 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, today met at UNIOGBIS a five-member delegation of European Union's electoral observers, led by Krystof Lisek…

Maryland County officials have been nursing the dream of learning computer skills for a long time. And their dream came true recently as peacekeepers of PakBatt –19, as part of their vocational training programme, reached out…

KABUL - First ever in its kind, a sanatorium for Afghan disabled persons was inaugurated in Herat.The Deputy of Pir-e-Herat Foundation, Sana Mohsini, said that the sanatorium is located in Gazerga area of Herat City and…

KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a petition, signed by nearly a quarter of a million Afghan women, calling for peace and a cease-fire in the country.In a statement issued on Friday, Mr. Ban’s…

The new Magisterial Court in Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County, built with funding from UNMIL Quick Impact Projects (QIP), was handed over in early February to the Government of Liberia (GoL) by Tamrat Samuel, the Deputy…

18 March 2014 - Guinea-Bissau international partners today met at UNIOGBIS to discuss ongoing electoral process in the country, with UNDP and ECOWAS informing that there was no gap in funding next 13 April general elections…

18 March 2014 - The transitional Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau today highlighted the equal participation of women and men in consolidating democracy and the rule of law, while speaking at the launching of a study on Women…