Peace Negotiations
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:58
Senior diplomats from Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States met in Islamabad on Monday to try to lay the groundwork for a new round of peace talks with the Taliban.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 08:59
Under the agreement announced by government and FARC negotiators in Havana on December 15, 2015, a new “Special Jurisdiction for Peace” – made up of a Peace Tribunal and Judicial Panels that determine which cases go to trial – will be established to handle “grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law” committed by FARC guerrillas.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 08:57
Colombia's largest rebel group, the FARC, says it will not sign a final peace agreement with the government by 23 March 2016 as both sides had previously announced.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:29
Negotiators from Yemen's warring sides have agreed to allow the resumption of aid deliveries to the besieged city of Taiz, the UN special envoy has said.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:22
This has been a pivotal year for Colombia’s negotiations with the narcoguerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).In the past year, the talks went from what the government’s chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle described in July as its “worst moment,” to President Juan Manuel Santos saying just this week that “we have never been so close to peace,” alluding to a breakthrough on the issue of reparations for the conflict’s victims.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:46
There is a chance now to end the civil war in Yemen as the government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the Houthi rebels begin peace talks in Switzerland amid a cease-fire.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:23
Washington's envoy to the United Nations complained Wednesday that the international body was not doing enough to address the worsening crisis in Burundi.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:23
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has wagered his legacy on the possibility of peace. He is not the first Colombian leader to do so, but Tuesday’s announcement of an agreement on restitution for the conflict’s victims, following a late September announcement of an agreement on transitional justice, has made it clear that the ongoing talks are making greater headway than ever before.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:17
After nearly 80 years of war, Colombia is on the cusp of closing a historic peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), the country’s largest guerrilla group. The parties have set a March 23, 2016 deadline to conclude talks. Drug cultivation and trafficking are crucial aspects of the deal, as drug profits have long enabled the country’s violent conflict.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 06:25
Yemen's opposing factions met for peace talks in Switzerland on Tuesday, United Nations officials said, as a cease-fire took hold in the embattled Arab nation amid some reports of violations.