KABUL - UNAMA welcomes the outcome of the Judicial Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan held yesterday under the chairmanship of President Hamid Karzai concerning the recommendations of the fact-finding delegation…

13 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was received on Wednesday 13 February 2013 by Transitional Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros, marking the start…

Mogadishu, 13 August 2012 [REV.1] – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, strongly condemns the killings of Yusuf Ali Osman, aka "Yusuf-Farey", Somali Government Official…

13 February 2013 – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations political mission in Burundi for another year to support peace and long-term development in the country, as well as to redouble efforts…

13 February 2013 - The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, arrived on Wednesday, 13 February 2013, in Bissau. Speaking to journalists at the airport, Ramos-Horta…

Dakar, 13 February 2013 - The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr. Romano Prodi, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, will begin a 3-day joint visit to the sub…

Dakar, 13 February 2013 - The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr. Romano Prodi, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, will begin a 3-day joint visit to the sub…

Dakar, 13 February 2013 - The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr. Romano Prodi, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, will begin a 3-day joint visit to the sub…

JALALABAD - Officials of the Nangarhar University held a joint meeting with members of Lower and Upper Houses of the Afghan parliament to discuss issues related to the University’s development. The participants expressed…

KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan is contemplating to launching its first ever satellite or linking with an existing satellite to improve its internal and international communications. According to the Ministry of…

KUNDUZ - Carpet traders in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz Province are hit hard by sharp decline in carpet export, which is a major source of income for the local population. “Since two years ago, we have over production,”…

KABUL - Civil society and media watchdog organizations urged the Government of Afghanistan today to immediately send the draft Access to Information Law to the parliament for approval in order to ensure “accountability…