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The first day of August turned out to be a memorable day for some 20 youth in Bomi County. This was the day they were selected by the 32nd Nigerian Battalion in Tubmanburg to undergo a three-month vocational skills training…

HERAT - The western Afghan province of Herat has experienced a strong fall in the number of cases of self-immolation by women over the past six months, according to the main hospital there. The hospital’s manager, Rafiq…

KABUL - The Ministry of Counter Narcotics and UNODC 2012 Survey of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation and Production, covering 16 provinces where commercial cannabis cultivation had been observed or reported in past surveys, was…

KABUL - Despite a 17 per cent decline in the total land area used for commercial cannabis cultivation in 2012, Afghanistan saw an eight per cent rise in the overall production of cannabis compared to 2011, according to a…

09 September 2013- A mission from Global Fairness Initiative (GFI) is visiting Guinea-Bissau from 9-12 September at the invitation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta…

09 September 2013 - Representatives of over 40 women's groups participated on 5-6 September 2013 in Bissau in the formal creation, with UN support, of the Guinea-Bissau chapter of the ECOWAS Women Peace and Security Network…

As part of the continuing efforts to enhance the rule of law and ensure access to justice for rural dwellers, UNMIL has handed over to national authorities a newly constructed Magisterial court and Bureau of Immigration and…

KABUL - Despite some four million Afghans becoming literate since 2002, Afghanistan still has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world with about nine million illiterate adults, according to the Afghan Ministry of…

Running a full marathon of 26.2 miles is a significant feat for anyone, but perhaps even more so for Romain Doveno, a Beninois who ran the entire Liberia Marathon barefoot on Sunday, 25 August. “I’m used to going barefoot…

KABUL - Today H.E. Wais Ahmad Barmak – Minister of the Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) – together with senior government officials and members of the community, inaugurated the construction of a 2.6 kilometre…