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KABUL - Afghan officials today vowed to eradicate the country’s drug trade and drug-funded terrorism as they thanked the international community, including the United Nations, for helping out in the country’s counter…
KABUL - The World Drug Report 2009, launched yesterday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Washington DC, shows that global markets for cocaine, opiates and cannabis are steady or in decline, while…
25 June 2009 -- Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur Mr. Djibril Bassole today paid a one-day visit to the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, where he held a meeting with Acting Joint Special Representative, Mr. Henry Anyidoho and…
25 June 2009 -- Today, the African Union Panel on Darfur (AUPD), chaired by former South African President Thabo Mbeki and including former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, former Nigerian President Abdulsalami Abubakar…
Editorial by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah for the Daily Nation
24 June 2009 - The acting United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, Tekeste Tekie, today called for better security for aid workers, after three national staff of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) were…
KABUL - The acting United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, Tekeste Tekie, today said he was shocked by the indiscriminate attack that took place yesterday in northern Afghanistan that took the lives of three…
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KABUL - The irony is stark when one goes to meet Dr Ramzan Bashardost one of Afghanistan’s forty one presidential candidates for the 20 August elections. Seated in a small, hastily-erected canvas tent – the floor dusty and…
24 June 2009 - The irony is stark when one goes to meet Dr Ramzan Bashardost one of Afghanistan’s forty one presidential candidates for the 20 August elections. Seated in a small, hastily-erected canvas tent – the floor dusty…
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23 June 2009 - The challenges facing Guinea-Bissau, which has witnessed a spate of political killings and coup attempts since last August, are enormous, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today, urging the…
22 June 2009 -- The African Union Panel on Darfur (AUPD), which is examining the root causes of the Darfur conflict and aiming to promote justice and reconciliation, held public hearings over the weekend across the region…
23 June 2009 - More than eight thousand Afghans will be trained as observers for the forthcoming presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August. It’s not only the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and its…