Peace Negotiations
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 10:15
The United States welcomes the June 6 announcement that the UN-facilitated consultations among Yemeni stakeholders will begin in Geneva on June 14.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 07:15
The Colombian military, with the help of FARC guerrillas, has begun clearing landmines in a small town in the north of the country where the number of explosives exceed the number of inhabitants.
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 06:37
The head of Mali's main Tuareg-led rebel groups said Friday his movement will sign a final deal on June 20 to end the conflict in the west African nation.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 07:03
Yemen's dominant Houthis agreed on Thursday to join United Nations-backed peace talks in Geneva planned for June 14 as coalition Arab bombings killed around 58 people across Yemen on Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:27
President Juan Manuel Santos’s government and Marxist guerrillas said Thursday they will form a truth commission to investigate and establish responsibility for atrocities that took place in a half century of conflict, a development that signals that slow-moving peace negotiations are advancing.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:22
15 May 2015 marked the official signing of the long awaited peace and reconciliation agreement between Mali’s government and the Arab and Tuareg rebel groups.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 06:38
Top-level Obama administration envoys met secretly last week for the first time with Yemen’s Houthi rebels and pressed for a cease-fire in their country and the release of Americans detained by the group, according to U.S. and Arab officials.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:36
A month away from a nuclear deal deadline, U.S. and Iranian diplomats tried to narrow differences over how quickly to ease economic penalties against Tehran and how significantly the Iranians must open up military facilities to international inspections. American officials described the session as "at times intense."
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:15
In Colombia a violent conflict has been raging for more than 50 years. With the struggle surpassing the half-century mark, both sides have been willing to return to the negotiating table to give peace yet another chance. However, the process is once again under the threat of unraveling due to a familiar cycle of FARC ambushes and government reprisals.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 06:54
After more than 50 years of conflict marked by widespread and systemic sexual violence, Colombia has established a national day to remember the appalling suffering experienced by so many women, whose plight has until now been largely ignored.