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KABUL - The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan continues to take a heavy toll on the country’s civilians, according to the United Nations mission there, which recorded over 1,000 deaths in the first six months of 2009 – 24 per…

31 July 2009 - Malam Bacai Sanha is the new Guinea-Bissau's President. Sanha won the 26 July presidential run-off with 63.31 percent of the vote against 36.9 percent for Mohamed Kumba Yalá, from PRS, according to the final…

KABUL - “As the conflict intensifies and spreads, it is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians,” says the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a mid year report released Friday on the situation…

28 July 2009 - On 20 August Afghanistan will hold elections for President and provincial council members. This is the second time Afghans will go to the polls since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. And preparations are in…

KABUL - A warehouse on the outskirts of Kabul was today the centre of attention as election workers packing ballot papers and boxes welcomed the UN’s top envoy in the country. Since the last A300 flight with 153,000…

BAMYAN - Local Journalists and media in Bamyan have been trained to report on the polling and counting processes for the 20 August elections. The media development non-government organizations Internews Network and its Afghan…

KABUL - Provincial Council candidates in the eastern province of Kunar want both domestic and international observers to hit the ground as soon as possible. In an interview with UNAMA earlier this week, three provincial…

KABUL - Rebel insurgents in Afghanistan have launched a rocket attack on a United Nations compound in the western province of Herat, causing damage to a vehicle and equipment, the UN mission to the war-wracked nation said in…

KABUL - A warehouse on the outskirts of Kabul was today the centre of attention as election workers packing ballot papers and boxes welcomed the UN’s top envoy in the country. Since the last A300 flight with 153,000…

KABUL - Village elders from the restive north eastern province of Nuristan have warned that the province will collapse unless urgent attention is paid to their concerns. They want an increase in infrastructure development…