Peace Negotiations
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:41
Democratic Republic of Congo has ruled out granting amnesty to some 100 senior M23 rebels, it said on Thursday, leaving open the possibility that these commanders could be pursued even after peace talks are concluded.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 08:48
New tension emerged on Wednesday within defunct and former Islamist militant group officials, Hisbul Islam, paving a way looming threats of insecurity in southern Somalia as a spokesman for the group said they would abandon armed conflicts and violence, Garowe Online reports.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 06:23
The rest of the sum ($13 million) was allotted to meet the required needs to the conclusion of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) and the referendum on the constitution.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 08:50
But the signing of such an accord has been put off as the two representatives of Saleh’s General People’s Congress walked out and the GPC suspended its participation, rejecting any bid to “harm the unity of the homeland”.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 13:55
Bahrain's main Shia Muslim groups have suspended participation in reconciliation talks with the Sunni-led government after the detention of an important opposition figure.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 12:25
Spokesperson Marie Harf addresses the agreement on Syria's chemical weapons, President al-Bashir's visa, the downed Syrian helicopter in Turkey, Libyan weapons in Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, and potential meetings with Iran.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 07:34
At the beginning of June the Burundian Parliament promulgated a media law that threatens the freedom of the country's press. The law requires journalists to reveal their sources, imposes fines for contravention of the law and obliges journalists to hold a university degree.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 07:34
Wrangling over demands by southern secessionists is holding up efforts at Yemen's most important political gathering in decades to tame the country's multiple conflicts and repair the oil-dependent economy.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 08:23
The European Union has pledged 650m euro ($860m; £540m) at a conference in Brussels to help Somalia end more than two decades of conflict.
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 08:02
Time is running out at the peace talks in Kampala between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government and the rebels of the M23 movement. Regional heads of state had asked the parties to the talks to try to reach a peace deal before the U.N. General Assembly session opens next week.