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KABUL - To mark the International Women’s Day and to raise awareness on women’s rights, Afghanistan’s ancient city of Herat will host the country’s first International Women’s Film Festival from 7 to 9 March. The festival…

KABUL - The World Bank (WB) approved last week a US$ 100 million grant to boost basic health and essential hospital services in 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. The WB-supported programmes to improve health services are…

28 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, on Wednesday, 27 February 2013, gave an overview of his ideas on helping Guinea-Bissau achieve sustainable peace…

KABUL - The Government of Japan and the United Nations announced US$ 281 million of assistance to Afghanistan for 14 projects to be implemented by nine UN agencies at a signing ceremony held today in Kabul. The ceremony was…

KABUL - Japan gave US$ 281 million in aid today to the United Nations funds in Afghanistan. The announcement was made at a signing ceremony that took place at the Serena Hotel in Kabul. The funds will support 14 projects…

KABUL - A delegation from the Attorney-General’s Office is currently visiting Kandahar to investigate and assess conditions of detention facilities in the province, said a press release issued by the Kandahar Governor's…

26 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was received on Monday, 25 February 2013, by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria at the Presidential Palace in…

Samuel Roland Doe, a local resident, swears by the treatment he received from doctors of the Indian FPU2 Level 1 Clinic in Zwedru when the peacekeepers reached out to the community through a medical camp organized in Tuzon…

A late November free medical outreach organized up by Pak Engineer-18 at White Plains Health Clinic, Montserrado County, had the motto: “If wealth is lost nothing is lost, but if health is lost everything is lost”. The…

23 February 2013 - The Security Council yesterday extended the United Nations office in Guinea-Bissau for three months, and requested Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to provide recommendations on its future mandate and any…