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In May, just a few days after UNMIL NEPAL-3 Formed Police Unit (FPU) carried out free medical outreach for the blind in Tubmanburg, the contingent again carried out another exercise in Monogbokai, Klay District in Bomi County…

BAMYAN - Two villages with a large number of returnee families on the eastern fringes of Band-i-Amir Lake in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province are benefitting from stepped-up assistance provided by the Office of the…

KABUL - United Nations staff in Afghanistan are mourning the loss of one of their colleagues, Barbara De Anna, who died yesterday at a hospital in Germany from injuries sustained during the attack on 24 May on the compound of…

Thirty youth from Bomi County were recently awarded certificates after completing a two-week training in entrepreneurship skills. The training offered by the 18th Engineering Battalion of the Pakistani Contingent, was aimed…

GENEVA - The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” over President Hamid Karzai’s appointment of five new commissioners to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission ( AIHRC)…

Two sets of sewing machines were donated to Bomi Central Prison in support of ongoing skills training programmes for its inmates. Human Rights Officer Jean-paul Mugabowishe presented the machines on behalf of the Bomi Field…

More than twenty corrections officers of the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation (BCR) were presented certificates in early May following training in security and use of non lethal force at the Liberia National Police…

KABUL - Top United Nations officials stressed today for a collective action to promote preparedness and resilience to water scarcity, desertification and drought that pose serious threat to Afghanistan. “Droughts are hard to…

The Liberia National Police regularly conducts a Community Policing programme in communities across districts in Maryland, and these two-hour sessions are closely monitored by mentors deployed by the UN Police in the County.…

“By their presence and selfless sacrifice, these peacekeepers have taught us that people everywhere have the right to live their lives in peace and justice, free from fear, free from threats of war, free from all forms of…