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Nairobi, 15 October 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, congratulates Somalia's new Prime Minister, Mohamed A. Mohamed, appointed yesterday by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.…

Nairobi, 15 October 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, congratulates Somalia's new Prime Minister, Mohamed A. Mohamed, appointed yesterday by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.…

Communiqué of the 245 th Meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. Addis Ababa, 15 October 2010

Hosting Ambassador Ruhukana Rugunda, the Representative of Uganda, Ambassador Susan Rice, the US Permanent Representative to the UN and Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, the UK Permanent Representative. Read the full transcript

Members of the United Nations Secretary-General's panel tasked with monitoring the upcoming referenda on self-determination in Sudan have arrived today in Khartoum to begin their first visit to the country. The three-member…

A UNAMID patrol was ambushed yesterday 16 km south west of Kutum, North Darfur. A group of about seven armed men opened fire on the patrol, which was escorting a water tanker. The attackers fled when the UNAMID soldiers…

In the early evening hours of 7 October, a UNAMID international civilian staff member was abducted from his accommodation in El Fasher, North Darfur. In the incident, three peacekeepers were taken from their residence by…

KABUL - It is with great sadness that all of us in the humanitarian and development community, and in particular those of us who worked with her in the United Nations, learnt of the death of Linda Norgrove. Dari - Pashto Her…

10 October 2010 - It is with great sadness that all of us in the humanitarian and development community, and in particular those of us who worked with her in the United Nations, learnt of the death of Linda Norgrove. Her…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - On 29-30 September, SRSG and Head of the UNRCCA, Ambassador Miroslav Jenča visited Kyrgyzstan and met with Ms. Otunbaeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Mr. Muraliev, First Vice Prime Minister…