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KABUL - During a United Nations-backed global campaign to vaccinate children this week, Afghan Government officials are aiming to administer anti-measles and anti-polio vaccines along with additional doses of Vitamin A to…

KABUL - A network of 25 civil society organizations (CSOs) today made public their recommendations for organization of the 2014 presidential elections in Afghanistan, calling on all stakeholders, including the Government of…

It was an amazing scene at the National Palace of Corrections in Grand Gedeh County on the 11 March as inmates sang songs and dramatized all the vocational skills they have acquired in recent years. The occasion was a…

KABUL - A joint committee of journalists and media organizations in Afghanistan has drafted code of ethics for journalism, which will be finalized by the end of this year after nationwide consultations amongst journalists…

A new project has been added to the several rehabilitation activities being undertaken at the Tubmanburg Central Prison in Bomi County. The new training in shoe-making, a brainchild of UNMIL Corrections Advisor Michael Osei…

22 April 2013 - The UN Integrated Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau, UNIOGBIS, on Saturday donated uniforms to police officers at the Model Police Station in the Bairro Militar, one of the most populous…

KABUL - As the world marked International Mother Earth Day today, the day started in the Afghan capital, Kabul, with the country’s national marathon players running a stretch of two kilometres and school-children expressing…

Orphaned children at a home in Grand Bassa County were delighted by the array of gifts they received from United States Air Force officer Amy Grant. The gifts for the children of God’s Heritage Orphanage in Buchanan, Grand…

19 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Jose Ramos Horta, said on Friday after meetings with the Speaker of the People's National Assembly (parliament), the Transitional Prime…

KABUL - Young girls and boys from an Afghan circus school enthralled today a large audience – comprising mainly children from orphanages – with their skills in gymnastic, juggling and theatre performances amidst a colourful…