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Abidjan, 31 August 2009...Youths of the Santé I District, in the Abidjan commune of Attecoubé, organized a sports and cultural day on 29 August in order to seal their reconciliation with their peers of the neighboring…
Divo, 31 August 2009...The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) participated, on 29 August 2009 in Divo, in a ceremony marking the end of a football tournament for peace organized by the Coordination of New…
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KABUL - Distribution of relief materials for thousands of people in Nangarhar province, who were rendered homeless by a flash flood caused by a pre-dawn rain and storms on Monday, continued today. The Afghan Red Crescent…
N'Djamena, August 27, 2009 -- An officer of the Détachement Intégré de Sécurité (DIS) was decorated in N'Djamena on August 27, 2009. The "Guard of Peace," Mahamat Zene Adoum, fell into an ambush, while he and four of his…
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KABUL - In its 2009 Afghan Opium Survey (summary findings) released in Kabul today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that “the bottom is starting to fall out of the Afghan opium market”. دری - پشتو…
Jalalabad, 1 September 2009 - United Nations agencies, civil society organisations, media and government bodies in Jalalabad vowed today to carry out various activities to promote peace in the restive eastern Afghanistan…
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1 September 2009 - The United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Haile Menkerios, and the Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Country Configuration on Guinea-Bissau, Ambassador Maria Luiza…
Kabul, 1 September 2009 - Afghan celebrities, civil society representatives, and UN staff today joined hands at simultaneous events in Kabul, Mazar, Kunduz and Jalalabad to launch the 2009 ‘What Are You Doing for Peace in…
El Fasher, 1 September 2009 -- The new Force Commander of the African Union United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba (Rwanda), assumes duty today. He was appointed by the Chairperson of…
1 September 2009 - Aid agencies and donors started to distribute immediate relief to those affected by flooding caused by pre-dawn rain and storms yesterday. Last night, following a quick assessment of the damage caused by…
A fire consumed a tanker truck and three containers on 22 August in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, cutting petrol supplies and pushing up area fuel prices. The tanker at Kenyan-owned HASS petroleum station was transferring…
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31 August 2009 - The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide today urged the country’s future government to take the lead in managing Afghanistan’s development through a new and “massive institution-building…