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Brutal attacks on civilians by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Southern Sudan could amount to crimes against humanity", the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a report launched on 21…
23 December 2009 - Today, a significant number of IDPs turned up to attend a theatrical event organised by UNAMID’s Public Information Division in Al Salam IDP camp just outside of El Fasher, North Darfur. The occasion was…
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KABUL - The United Nations and its partners launched the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for Afghanistan in February and appealed for US$ 604 million to help meet the needs of Afghans made vulnerable by natural disasters, lack…
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KABUL - In 2009, 6.8 million children were enrolled in schools of grade 1 to 12, among them, 2.5 million girls. Download the UNICEF Factsheet For UNICEF 2009 was an extension of its preceding Country Programme 2006-2008. In…
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KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, began the year urging strong support for agriculture and big infrastructure in Afghanistan. At a media conference in Kabul…
21 December 2009 -- The peace process in the war-wracked Darfur region of Sudan has reached a “critical point,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on both the Government and rebel groups to accelerate efforts…
22 December 2009 - It has been eight years since the inauguration of the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) created by a group of Afghan leaders who – under the auspices of the United Nations – drew up plans in Bonn, Germany on…
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KABUL - As the year draws to a close UNAMA reviews the year in Afghanistan with a series of articles looking back on the twelve months of 2009. Of the seven years that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan…
22 December 2009 - The provincial government in Bamyan has launched a campaign to make the province 100 per cent literate. This campaign aims to eradicate illiteracy from Bamyan and declare it an illiteracy free province in…
21 December 2009 - The United Nations has warned that despite the enormous efforts underway to deliver food and aid this winter, the adverse security situation continues to complicate efforts to reach Afghanistan's most…
In an effort to push forward the return of internally displaced persons from Ed Damazin, to Bonj, Blue Nile State, the Pakistani Engineering Company recently made extensive repairs to a badly deteriorated road in the Kurmuk…
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KABUL - Afghanistan 's fiercely cold winter, the raging insecurity and funding shortfalls are having a major impact on the health of millions of people in this war-ravaged country.