Peace Negotiations
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 06:53
The Colombian government must ensure indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities uprooted by warring factions can return home and have a greater say in how their lands are developed, rights group Amnesty International said.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:20
The U.N. special envoy to Yemen said on Sunday he expects talks between its warring parties to begin by mid-November, eight months after the start of a messy civil war that has killed thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis.
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 06:30
The leader of Colombia's FARC guerrillas, Timoleon Jimenez, accused the government Thursday of escalating its campaign against the rebels even as it proposes a bilateral ceasefire to advance peace talks.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 06:49
The long-awaited African Union Commission of Inquiry report on the South Sudan conflict has been released. It finds that both the South Sudan government and rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar committed human rights violations, some of which the report says constitute war crimes.
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 06:26
Mediated talks between the Yemeni government and al-Qaida to persuade the militants to give up their weapons or move out of the southern port city of Aden have failed, Yemeni security officials in government-controlled Aden and tribal mediators said Saturday.
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 04:58
Peace in the north of Mali remains fragile.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 05:40
A top United Nations official says the Yemeni government has agreed to meet at the end of the month in Geneva for talks with Houthi rebels aimed at implementing a U.N. resolution that would end months of heavy fighting.
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 07:32
A senior United Nations official said Thursday that he hoped negotiations could start by the end of October to resolve the nearly seven-month-long war in Yemen.
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 07:14
The United States has played a “key role” in the Colombian peace process, admitted Iván Márquez, the head negotiator for the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in the peace talks hosted in Havana, Cuba.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 06:39
Uganda’s withdrawal of several thousand troops deployed in South Sudan since December 2013 is likely to increase the chances of peace, but could it prove pivotal?