19 April 2012 - The United Nations envoy for Guinea-Bissau today urged the international community to ensure that any solution for the current political crisis in the West African country is based on a process that reflects…

Dakar, 21 april 2012 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit, paid a visit to Bamako, on 20-21 April to support ongoing efforts to address the crisis in Mali.

ASHGABAT - Afghanistan’s neighbours have an important role to play in stabilizing the country, said Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General Nicholas Haysom. He was speaking last week in Ashgabat at the second…

Dakar, 21 april 2012 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit, paid a visit to Bamako, on 20-21 April to support ongoing efforts to address the crisis in Mali.

13 April 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council today strongly condemned the military coup that took place in Guinea-Bissau and demanded the immediate restoration of constitutional order. Soldiers in…

30 March 2012 - The Security Council today urged political parties in Guinea-Bissau to engage in dialogue ahead of the upcoming run-off elections next month to ensure a peaceful conclusion to the electoral process that…

28 March 2012 - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday congratulated Senegal on the conduct of a peaceful, free, fair and transparent second round of presidential elections in the country, and called…

28 March 2012 - The United Nations envoy for Guinea-Bissau today stressed the need for strong international engagement to help the country complete the current political transition and move ahead on priorities such as…

BRUSSELS - Excellencies, Secretary General, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to address your meeting today, for the first time in my current capacity. NATO, ISAF and UNAMA are separately mandated by the…

BUJUMBURA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- As the world celebrates the world water day on Wednesday, the East African country vows to step up protection of its resources. "Water is unfortunately facing threats in Burundi and if we don't…

BUJUMBURA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Burundian labor union confederations and civil society organizations have called upon workers in all the east African country's sectors to stay home on Tuesday, arguing that their claims did…

BUJUMBURA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland will provide 6 million Swiss francs (about 6.5 million U.S. dollars) to Burundi's decentralization program, the Burundian finance and development planning minister has announced…