KABUL - The Government of Japan signed an agreement on Tuesday to provide $20 million to a United Nations-supported programme to improve literacy in Afghanistan, which has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world.The…
Garowe/Mogadishu – Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Nicholas Kay completed a two-day visit to Garowe, the capital of the federal state of Puntland today, urging a free, inclusive and credible…
KABUL - Amid cheerful applauses and motivational clapping, the musicians and singers from Afghanistan and some regional countries mesmerized a considerably big audience of mostly young Afghans in Kabul during a two-day…
NEW YORK - Marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has noted that while poverty levels around the world have fallen, that progress has been uneven.“Our…
Just before their end of duty in September after seven months of service in Sector A1, members of the NEPAL-3 Formed Police Unit (FPU) carried out a free medical outreach for the benefit of the inmates of Tubmanburg Central…
Forty two students from the nursing department of the Tubman University in Maryland Country have received various forms of medical training from the Pakistani peacekeepers. Improving practical skills has been of particular…
KABUL - In his message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has called for greater efforts in ensuring that all persons with disabilities have the highest…
NEW YORK - On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, is calling for greater collaboration in efforts to invest in education so that girls can advance in…
A newly constructed Professional Standards Building at the Liberian National Police headquarters in Monrovia was handed over on 20 September. The US$25,000 facility constructed through UNMIL’s Quick Impact Projects, is…
KABUL - The second International Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival ended in the capital, Kabul, today, with an awards ceremony recognizing the best films screened over the past six daysIn the national category, a short…
