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The Chinese medical team (CHINMED) of UNMIL has over the years provided assistance in many ways to Liberians in the area of health. They have provided free medical assistance, training and even participated in clean-up…

Eager for a chance to refresh their skills in the martial arts, LNP and ERU officers in Grand Gedeh County made a dash for it when the Indian Formed Police Unit in Zwedru rolled out a month-long training programme late last…

One day last month in Voinjama, UN staff stopped work after hearing a fire alarm with duty officer advising staff to evacuate the building. In less than ten minutes all staff gathered at the assembly point. Also, Ghanbatt and…

The game of Table Tennis in Liberia received a boost in early April when the United Nations Mission in Liberia through its Public Information Office donated 20 sets of Table Tennis materials to support a two-day competition…

KABUL - With the support of the World Bank, the Afghan Government today launched a new programme to develop a national culture of innovation in the area of information technology, offering the possibility of cash prizes for…

NANGARHAR - The Provincial Peace Committee (PPC) in Nangarhar Province has started several projects at the total cost of US$250,000 to promote peace and reconciliation in the Province. The projects are being implemented in…

25 May 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was the guest of the "Global Observatory" on 23 May 2013. He was interviewed by Warren Hoge, Senior Adviser at the…

KABUL - In the midst of ongoing violence, more than 100 Afghan artists and activists today gave away 10,000 pink balloons to residents of the country’s capital, Kabul, in what may have been the largest public art installation…

KABUL - Watched by Afghanistan’s first female Olympian, more than 150 girls from high schools in the capital, Kabul, competed today in a track and field event held to select female athletes for the country’s female Athletics…

22 May 2013 - The United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations political mission in Guinea-Bissau to assist in finding solutions to the political and economic crisis being exacerbated by…