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Running a full marathon of 26.2 miles is a significant feat for anyone, but perhaps even more so for Romain Doveno, a Beninois who ran the entire Liberia Marathon barefoot on Sunday, 25 August. “I’m used to going barefoot…
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KABUL - Today H.E. Wais Ahmad Barmak – Minister of the Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) – together with senior government officials and members of the community, inaugurated the construction of a 2.6 kilometre…
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KABUL - More than 180 female judges from across Afghanistan discussed problems they face while going about their duties, at a four-day annual conference of an umbrella body of female judges which concluded in the capital…
4 September 2013 - Considering alternatives to imprisonment for inmates with minor convictions was vital to reduce overcrowding in prisons, a Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State legislator said today in the state capital Aweil…
NURISTAN - Three doctors were released on Wednesday, a day after they were taken hostage by unidentified kidnappers in eastern Nuristan province, an official said. The doctors, who had come from Kabul, were abducted when they…
KUNAR - Provincial Council members and residents of eastern Kunar province have backed the proposed construction of a joint hydropower dam by Afghanistan and Pakistan on the Kunar River. On the eve of President Hamid Karzai’s…
NANGARHAR - A dispute between three sub-tribes has ended in Haska Mina district following mediation by the provincial Department of Tribal Affairs and elders. According to Wajiurahman, the Department head, a special jirga (‘a…
BALKH - Eleven-year-old Gulsum, a victim of a harmful tradition, ‘ Baad,’ finally had to take the risk of running away from her forced marriage in Sar-i-Pul province’ s capital city on Tuesday. According to provincial women…
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Detainees are human beings and they have rights and they must be treated with respect and dignity: this was the firm statement made by the chief of the regional human rights office of the United Nations Operations in Côte d…
September 04, 2013 – On 21 August, 2013 UNDOF assisted ICRC to facilitate the safe crossing of 35 students of the druze community from A - side to B- side. In addition to monitoring the passage of students, the Indian…
Residents of Bor, Jonglei State, walking through flooded roads in the state capital. Hundreds of people were displaced from their homes when heavy rains caused the banks of the River Nile to burst. UNMISS South Korean…
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Goma, 2 September 2013 – The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Mary Robinson, arrived in Goma, North-Kivu province, on Monday, 2 September 2013. Mrs. Robinson is on a joint…