Peace Negotiations
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 06:41
The ongoing peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, could end more than 50 years of internal armed conflict. But they have not gone without a hitch. Despite some progress, tensions have been escalating in the last several months, threatening to bring negotiations to a halt.
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 06:15
Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance signed a landmark deal on Saturday to end years of unrest in a nation riven by ethnic divisions and in the grip of a jihadist insurgency.
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 08:21
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs's Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere will hold a meeting on Colombia and the status of the peace talks with the FARC.
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 06:54
Saudi-led warplanes bombed elite Republican Guard forces allied with the dominant Houthi faction in Yemen's civil war on Friday, residents said, as U.N. diplomats in Geneva struggled to nudge the various sides toward a ceasefire deal.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:37
In a hopeful sign, FARC negotiators announced that they expect to reach an agreement for the “handover” of children under the age of 15 who are within their ranks. According to a statement, the guerrilla’s negotiators hope to “finalize, together with the government delegation, the protocols needed to make good on this promise during the course of” the next round of peace talks.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:37
The vast majority of Colombians are against the government agreeing to a bilateral ceasefire with the FARC. While this position is respectable and understandable, it is also very erroneous and even harmful.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 07:11
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos said this weekend he would persist with the most advanced peace negotiations in five decades of armed conflict even as Marxist rebels step up attacks on security forces and disrupt energy supplies.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 07:11
The European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states on Thursday urged the Colombian government and rebel group ELN to formalize peace talks “as soon as possible.”
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 07:03
Concerned at the recent armed clashes amid the ongoing peace talks on Colombia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, today said these incidents have the potential to “derail” a long sought peace process, increasing risks for the civilian population.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:31
South Sudan's floundering peace talks are being undermined by the economic interests of the regional states leading the process, an advocacy group warned Wednesday.