KABUL - Nearly 10,000 people who fled fighting and drought conditions eight years ago in the north and west of Afghanistan are heading back home. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is helping the first…

5 June 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his concern at the "emerging pattern of killings" of high profile personalities in Guinea-Bissau, where a presidential candidate and a member of parliament were gunned…

New York - The Secretary-General is dismayed by the news of the assassinations of a candidate in the forthcoming presidential elections in Guinea Bissau, Mr. Baciro Dabo, and of a Member of Parliament and former Minister of…

Bissau - The UN has learned with consternation about the murder of Mr. Baciro Dabó, former Minister of Territorial Administration and a candidate in the forthcoming presidential elections, and the Member of Parliament, Mr…

KABUL - The World Bank in Afghanistan has announced a new assistance strategy for the country. Ensuring the effectiveness of sound national programmes that deliver services equitably and pooling donor resources are vital to…

Nairobi, 14 May 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has accused the extremists who are attacking Mogadishu of being directly responsible for the current suffering and misery of tens of…

Nairobi, 03 June 2009 - Former Somali senior military officials will convene on the 4 and 5 June in Washington DC at a meeting organized by the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) under the auspices of the…

NEW YORK - The top United Nations human rights official, highlighting the suffering of civilians caught up in armed conflict, has urged the Human Rights Council to protect this vulnerable group. “The condition of civilians in…

4 June 2009 - Afghanistan has been marking World Environment Day with events throughout this week. Today, it was the turn of students at Kabul University to celebrate the occasion with a day-long function that included…

3 June 2009 - Some 12,000 households in nine provinces in northern and north-eastern Afghanistan have been affected by floods since April, according to the latest United Nations-backed assessments. The UN Office for the…

Former Somali senior military officials will convene on 4 and 5 June 2009 in Washington, D.C. at a meeting organized by the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) under the auspices of the Somali Ministry of…

3 June 2009 - Agriculture in Afghanistan needs to grow at a minimum of five per cent a year over the next decade for the country to make a dent in rural poverty and attain food security. While the vast majority of Afghans…