30 January 2011 - Senior United Nations officials today paid tribute to Hamida Barmaki, an Afghan lawyer and human rights activist, who was killed on 28 January along with her husband and all four children in a suicide attack…
30 January 2011 - The Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations today signed a child protection plan to end recruitment and use of children in the Afghan National Security Forces and other violations. “Today’s…
30 January 2011 - The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan today committed to take further action to protect children affected by armed conflict in Afghanistan by signing an agreement to prevent under-age…
Addis Ababa, 30 January 2011 – The IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held its 17th Extra-Ordinary Summit under the Chairmanship of H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia…
28 January 2011 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has condemned an attack on a supermarket in the centre of Kabul today, which has reportedly killed at least six civilians, including a child. UN…
28 January 2011 - Landmines and explosive remnants of war continue to put thousands of communities in Afghanistan at risk of death or injury, but the problem can be solved with adequate funding of the de-mining effort, a…
28 January 2011 - An attack today at a popular city centre supermarket killed a number of civilians, including reportedly a child. Afghan police continue to investigate the attack, which occurred around 2.30 in the afternoon…
27 January 2011 - The United Nations Development Program office (UNDP) in Guinea-Bissau today signed a $30,000 grant agreement with Bissau-Guinean Civil Society National Movement to assist the organization in implementing a…
Nairobi, 26 January 2011 – Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, announced that a Special High Level Meeting on Somalia will take place in Addis Ababa on the side lines of…