Peace Negotiations
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 07:30
A deal to allow humanitarian aid into the besieged city of Homs remain stalled, with the Syrian delegation demanding assurances the U.S. aid will not go to “armed and terrorist groups” in the central city.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 11:11
n order for peace to occur, there is going to have to be the kind of honesty that we saw happen in South Africa.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 11:06
Sudan's president called on armed groups and all political parties on Monday to meet and discuss ways of improving the country, but stopped short of promising a constitutional overhaul that was forecast by a senior member of his party.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 09:23
We were picked up at checkpoints or during house searches. They recognised us by our accents, or by the traditional marks on our faces. 200-400 of us were brought to a room of a police station, so small that we were suffocating.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 09:19
Thousands of jubilant residents took to the streets of Central African Republic's capital to celebrate Tuesday after peacekeepers escorted dozens more rebels from military bases in the latest sign the fighters are losing their grip on the country following nearly a year of abuses.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:37
Speakers at a Nairobi forum sponsored by the Rift Valley Institute expressed concern for the future of South Sudan following a ceasefire agreement brokered in Addis Ababa late last week. Participants also raised issues concerning the presence of Ugandan forces in the conflict.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:27
Dozens of Muslim rebels who ousted the president of Central African Republic last year moved out of the main military base in downtown Bangui on Monday, hours after some of their top brass were escorted out of the capital by peacekeepers.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:26
In an apparent critique of US President Barack Obama, Ya'alon rejected the doctrine that peace with the Palestinians would help Israel enlist the help of Arab states against Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:11
"Regret another death on Line of Contact. Sides must focus on finding peace; escalation is in no one’s interest," Warlick said in his Twitter post.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 07:40
“We are willing to allow a third party to take Israel’s place during and after a withdrawal in order to soothe our concerns and Israel’s,” he added, suggesting NATO as “the suitable party.”