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On 9 March, Elizabeth Gowing met a little girl named Gjelane in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje. At nine years old, Gjelane had never been to school, but she held out hope that one day she would attend. It was her dream. After…
El Fasher, 16 August 2011 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur led a seven-day humanitarian mission comprised of OCHA, UNICEF, UNHCR and WHO as well as the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) to the Western Jebel…
15 August 2011 - An International aid worker working for an INGO was kidnapped yesterday in Nyala, South Darfur. The victim was in car with two Sudanese colleagues driving to the airport when four unidentified armed men…
15 August 2011 - The Dutch Special Envoy for Sudan, Desiree Bonis, accompanied by the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Khartoum, arrived today in El Fasher, North Darfur, for a two-day visit to the region. The delegation was…
Owing in part to a $10 million package provided by the Government of Japan, UNPOS in partnership with UNDP and AMISOM, succeeded in implementing a payment exercise to disperse monthly stipends to the Somali Police Force.
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BAMYAN - In his first visit to Bamyan since the province began transitioning security responsibilities from international to Afghan forces, deputy Martin Kobler reiterated that the United Nations’ commitment to the Afghan…
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DAI KUNDI - Dozens of young people in Dai Kundi province today gathered to discuss their roles and responsibilities in creating a peaceful Afghanistan as part of events marking International Youth Day in the region. “The aim…
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Dili, 11 August, 2011 - Representatives of the Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today signed an agreement through which Japan will contribute US$ 1.6 million to support Timor-Leste's…
12 August 2011 - Only 16 years old, Yousra Suleiman Al-Toum Ahmed is teenager compromised by her country, Sudan, and with the potential of her generation. She wants to become a journalist, to explain the problems that…
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KUNDUZ - Afghan and United Nations officials in northern Afghanistan are trying to teach families not to feed their infants opium to keep them asleep while they work. Around forty young parents from carpet weaving families in…
11 August 2011 - Upon his return to El Fasher, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari said today in a briefing to staff that he had assured Government of Sudan officials whom he met in Khartoum over 9 and 10…
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Change Our World” is more than the theme of this year’s International Youth Day; it is an injunction that should inspire young people at all times. Far too many of the world’s more than one billion young people lack the…