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8 February 2012 - Millions of people in South Sudan will face hunger this year unless urgent action is taken, according to a UN report issued today. The number of food-insecure people has jumped from 3.3 million in 2011 to 4…
8 February 2012 – Japanese diplomats stressed their country's commitment to development in South Sudan, especially in the areas of infrastructure, health education and other basic needs, during a visit today to Wau, Western…
8 February 2012 - The Head of the AU - UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ibrahim Gambari, delivered today two statements from the African Union Chairperson, Jean Ping, and the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-mon, on the…
African Union Chairperson’s statement on the inauguration of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA). Message delivered by the Head of UNAMID, Ibrahim Gambari, in El Fasher on 8 February 2012. Today’s event of the inauguration of…
7February 2012 – To give South Sudanese ex-soldiers a boost in returning to civilian life, UNMISS and the government's disarmament commission launched the construction of a training facility in Mapel, Western Bahr El-Ghazal…
The resumption of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo has led to the easing of tensions on the ground, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, cautioning, however, that other significant political…
Haiti has made some progress in restoring the rule of law, the United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in the Caribbean country said today, citing as examples the appointment of the president of the…
07 February 2012 - A series of workshops for the dissemination of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) began today in Zalingie, the capital of the new Central Darfur state. The exercise is being led by the parties to…
07 February 2012 - UNAMID peacekeepers based in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, confirmed yesterday the presence of three unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in the vicinity. The Mission team marked the UXOs for a disposal operation that…
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KABUL - A majority of workers in Afghanistan’s brick kilns are child bonded labourers under the age of 14, according to a new survey commissioned by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The ILO Representative for…
7 February 2012 – Government officials in Upper Nile State today toured some of the state's 40 examination centres where over 11,000 school students in Upper Nile are writing their Basic School Leaving Certificate…