February 07, 2011_Six months after a string of landslide electoral victories by the ruling Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie et Forces de Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD), Burundi is descending ever deeper…

Bujumbura, February 14, 2011_At least one person was killed when gunmen attacked a police post in a urban community 10 km south of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, witnesses told Xinhua on Monday. The raid on the target…

New York, 14 January 2011 – SRSG Mahiga thanked the Council for adopting Resolution 1964 (2010) on 22 December 2010, which approved the expansion of AMISOM. He also stated that in this final leg of the transition, the gains…

13 January 2011 - A co-ed high school focused on management and the economy officially opened this week in the capital of the southern province Helmand. “Education is the best tool to achieve sustainable peace and development…

13 January 2011 -- "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned that regular and irregular forces loyal to Mr. Gbagbo have begun to attack and burn United Nations' vehicles. Beginning this morning, there have been a total of…

12 January 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced his deep concern about the developments unfolding in the Abobo suburb of Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, where clashes between security forces…

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ivan Barbalić (Bosnia and Herzegovina): The members of the Security Council welcomed the briefing by Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative…

12 January 2011 - The United Nations in Guinea-Bissau today held a wreath-laying ceremony in tribute to the thousands of victims of Haiti earthquake occurred one year ago. In a statement SRSG Joseph Mutaboba (right in the…

NANGARHAR - An Afghan non-governmental organization has provided multimedia training to nearly 50 staff of state-owned media and provincial government, as part of an effort to strengthen journalism in the country and support…

KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a donation of $196.6 million from Japan, the largest-ever single contribution to the agency, which will use it to provide essential food and nutritional…

HERAT - A three-day photo exhibit depicting women’s role in politics, society and sport opened Thursday in the western province of Herat. “The exhibition depicts the ways of women’s lives in Afghanistan, which is peerless,”…

KABUL - The first pictorial guide to the flora of Afghanistan co-authored in English and Dari by a Kabul born scientist has been made available for free to thousands of Afghan students as the United Nations wrapped up its…