Karachi, 15 Aug 12
UN-Habitat and UNESCAP have launched a pilot project for Solid Waste Management in the cities of Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Mardan.
Colombo, 15 Aug 12
The Government of India last month signed an agreement with UN-Habitat to assist the reconstruction of 16,800 houses for conflict affected returnees in the Northern Province of the neighbouring Sri Lanka.
Blantyre, 8 Aug 12
Communities living in the area of Traditional Authority Makhwira, Chikhwawa District of the Lower Shire River Valley in Southern Malawi have benefited from disaster risk management infrastructure which comprises a safe haven and eight demonstration houses.
New York, 2 Aug 12
Youth’s engagement globally, and more specifically within the UN system, was the focus of the Youth 21 Stock Taking meeting held earlier this month at the UN-Habitat offices in New York.
Nairobi, 1 Aug 12
UN-Habitat and the Human Relief Foundation last week signed an Agreement of Cooperation to provide technical support to a project in Somalia
Lusaka, 1 Aug 12
The Zambian government last week invited a broad range of experts, central and local government officials and community representatives to discuss new ways of dealing with the country's slum problems. French
Kinshasa, 26 Jul 12
The land reform process in the Democratic Republic of Congo was officially launched last week by the Vice President, Mr Daniel Mukoko Samab.
Nairobi, 23 Jul 12
Scores of Kenyan youth Sunday stood in solidarity with their Norwegian counterparts to mark the first anniversary of the killing of 77 people by a lone gunman at a youth camp.
Praia, Cape Verde, 20 Jul 12
The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) inspired 22 municipalities to target and mobilize Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) for territorial planning and urban development. French
