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KABUL - Soaring opium prices may induce more farmers to grow opium, warned the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its full 2010 Afghanistan Opium Survey released today. The high prices are based on…
19 January 2011 - UNAMID confirms reports of the killing of a man in the market of Al Salaam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, near El Fasher, Norh Darfur, on 17 January by Sudanese police. The motive behind the…
19 January 2011 - UNICEF and the Government of Sudan’s Water, Environment and Sanitation project, with support of UNAMID, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization, have…
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KANDAHAR - Kandahar’s rise in cricket continues as the team beat out players from 21 other provinces to win the national championships in Nangarhar for a second year in a row. Each team played two-day matches against three…
Ituri, 14 January 2011 – The Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), Lieutenant General Chander Prakash, respectively visited Bukiringi, Aveba, Kasenyi, Tchomia, Bogoro, Kabona…
18 January 2011 - Following the stoning of a Central Reserve Police convoy today in El Fasher, North Darfur, officers proceeded to enter a high school in search of those responsible. On entry, shots were fired into the air…
18 January 2011 - A UNAMID team travelling from Khor Abeche (83 km northeast of Nyala, South Darfur) to Menawashei (73 km north of Nyala) was stopped yesterday by Government of Sudan military at Mershing (75 km north of Nyala…
18 January 2011 - UNHCR, in coordination with UNAMID, UNICEF and local authorities, organized today in Abu Shouk camp, near El Fasher, North Darfur, a peace building and conflict analysis workshop. The session was attended by…
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KABUL - Taliban insurgents and other armed groups as well as criminal gangs in Afghanistan have been deliberately targeting demining NGOs, particularly in the volatile southern provinces, says the Afghanistan NGO Safety…
17 January 2011 – Top government officials meeting today in Kadugli, Southern Kordofan State, agreed on several security-related actions in the Abyei area, including military deployment and protection of returnees passing…
18 January 2011 - New roads built in northern Afghanistan are benefiting almost 700,000 people by increasing access to basic services, providing jobs and promoting peace and stability. The Road Access Improvement Project in…
Kinshasa, 14 January 2011 - The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, and Ms. Irina Bokova, UNESCO's Director-General, took part, on 14…