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Community initiates traditional dialogue to diffuse tension in the aftermarth of spontaneous violence Dili, 15th September 2011 – The Ministry of Social Solidarity and the United Nations Development Programme co-facilitated a…

BUJUMBURA, 14 September 2011 - Burundian health officials are battling to control a cholera outbreak that has killed 12 people and infected 600 others since August. Although the epidemic is under control in some areas, health…

Dili, 11 September 2011 – One of the world's most gruelling bicycle races started today from the capital of Timor-Leste, bringing together 450 participants, including 15 United Nations staff, who are taking on a six-day, 500…

Manatuto, 31 August 2011 (IRIN) - For Pedro Damaeao, having a brother who was part of Falantil, the Timorese guerrilla group that fought Indonesia's army, meant endless harassment for his family throughout the occupation. So…

25 August 2011 - UNAMID has begun an airlift of vaccines for a three-month campaign to protect livestock herds in Darfur. The first batch of vaccines airlifted by UNAMID arrived on Wednesday and was handed over to officials…

MINURSO publishes the 5th issue of Dynamism...

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Hany Abdel-Aziz, and MINURSO Force Commander, Major-General Abdul Hafiz, paid a visit to the military authorities ...

Dili, 15 August, 2011 - The F-FDTL Navy came together with United Nations Military Liaison Group (MLG) officers last week for a seminar on maritime peacekeeping operations. The two-day seminar (9-10 August) at Port Hera Naval…

12 August 2011 - Only 16 years old, Yousra Suleiman Al-Toum Ahmed is teenager compromised by her country, Sudan, and with the potential of her generation. She wants to become a journalist, to explain the problems that…

On the left, SRSG introducing the new FC Abdul Hafiz to the Afrian Union Ambassador Yilma Tadesse. "Bonjour tout le monde, Ramadan Karim! Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Ambassador Yilma, friends and dear colleagues. It…