Peace Negotiations
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 08:40
Issued jointly by the Governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 08:38
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Special Envoy Don Booth welcomed South Sudanese leaders - including Vice President James Wani Igga, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, and Deng Alor Kuol - to the U.S. Department of State on October 7, to discuss ways of accelerating implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan.
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 06:27
The United States (US) Secretary of State, John Kerry, has on Thursday met with South Sudanese rival leaders despite earlier cancellation of such a meeting on Wednesday by the national security adviser, Susan Rice.
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 06:40
The White House said Wednesday it cancelled a meeting with three senior South Sudanese officials because President Salva Kiir's government and Riek Machar's opposition have failed to commit to the weeks'-old IGAD-Plus peace deal.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 06:44
Riek Machar signed a peace deal designed to end one of Africa's worst conflicts, but he says U.S. neglect could unravel it.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 06:23
Yemen's Houthi rebels have confirmed in writing to the UN secretary general their commitment to UN resolutions aimed at ending the country's conflict.
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 09:36
Agreement on resolution on the conflict in South Sudan at the New York Foreign Press Center.
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 06:07
When President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia met with the leader of his country’s largest guerrilla group this week to seal the outline of a deal to end more than five decades of war, he received an unsettling shock. At the last minute, he said, the rebel leader, Rodrigo Londoño, tried to back out of a crucial part of the newly negotiated framework.
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 06:30
Nowadays blanket amnesties that grant impunity for crimes against humanity are frowned upon. And such crimes are increasingly broadly drawn: as well as massacres they include the abduction and forced displacement of civilians. For years Colombia’s FARC guerrillas have engaged in such practices.
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:16
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the FARC rebel group announced a major breakthrough Wednesday in peace talks, bringing the country to the verge of ending one of the world’s longest-running wars.