Conflict
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 07:36
The Department of State welcomes the commitment made by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, to de-escalate the conflict and accelerate the pace of the peace negotiations.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 07:32
The Secretary-General welcomes the announcements of the intention of the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP to put in place new measures to de-escalate the current fighting in Colombia and to accelerate the negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 07:29
Privileged and right-wing sectors in Ecuador have been holding often-violent protests across the country in an attempt to destabilize the government.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 06:26
DRC head hopes to hold on to power as election—and mandatory retirement—nears
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 06:22
As Colombia’s peace process moves into its 39th round of talks they are facing a rough patch, as public support has decreased and combat operations throughout Afro-Colombian territories have intensified.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 05:31
The prime minister of Ukraine reassured President Obama on Monday that his embattled government was making important progress in overhauling the country’s troubled economy and meeting the terms of a shaky cease-fire with Russia.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 07:33
In the following months, the negotiating teams are split in two to simultaneously negotiate the two remaining points on the peace talks agenda: Victims and End of Conflict.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 07:24
Paralysed for more than a decade by a conflict between the Shining Path and the military during the 1980s and 1990s, Peru's communities have found a slow road back to recovery, with few answers about the fate of their missing loved ones.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 07:11
Saudi-led air raids killed 21 civilians in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Monday morning, relatives of the victims and medics told Reuters, two days after the start of a United Nations-brokered humanitarian truce that Riyadh does not recognize.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 06:41
The Islamic State’s branch in Egypt claimed responsibility for Saturday’s bombing at the Italian consulate in the capital of Cairo that killed one person and wounded at least nine others.