Rival armed groups in Central African Republic agreed on Sunday to a peace agreement requiring them to disarm and potentially face justice for war crimes committed during two years of conflict. The agreement signed between 10 armed groups and the Defence Ministry during a peace forum in the capit...

GENEVA, Aug 28 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has welcomed the signing of the South Sudan peace agreement this week which comes as refugee and IDP figures have passed the 2.6 million mark, a marked increase on the number reported at the time of the fourth anniversary of the country's independence. ...

YANGON – A government trade promotion body has signed a deal with the European Chamber of Commerce to promote bilateral trade and investment from European companies. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Mya trade – the Myanmar Trade Promotion Organization, under the Ministry of Comm...

A year after a landmark peace accord ended conflict in Mali, some refugees in Mauritania have mixed feelings on whether it is safe to return home. MBERA CAMP, MAURITANIA (UNHCR) – When militants harassed pastoral nomads in a neighbouring village in northern Mali a few weeks ago, Sow, a father of ...

South Sudan's government has reached a power-sharing agreement with the country's main rebel group. This agreement will not collapse and I am sure that it will not collapse because the people of South Sudan have now agreed that they must make peace among themselves," he [ Sudanese Foreign Minister A...