Delays in implementing the security measures of a Mali peace deal signed last year is making it harder for the army to counter resurgent jihadist groups, an army chief of the West African country said on Monday. Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda who seized urban centers in Mali's desert north...

Leaders of armed ethnic groups will meet in the middle of July in northern Myanmar to discuss a nationwide ceasefire before they meet with representatives of the government’s Union Peace Working Committee, the leader of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordinating Team said. At this pace, a nationwide c...

De facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged all of the country's armed ethnic groups to sign a ceasefire agreement, as her government seeks to end decades of conflict between the military and armed ethnic groups, reported the Associated Press. Speaking during the annual Union Day celebrations yesterda...

Yangon, 4 Aug — Peace negotiating teams from the government and ethnic armed groups will conclude mediation on 6 August in Yangon over three points left pending after the previous round of talks, a senior adviser at the Myanmar Peace Centre said Tuesday. With the talks over a draft National Ceas...

Peace negotiators from the government and ethnic armed groups are likely to meet this week in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in an effort to revive faltering talks on a nationwide ceasefire agreement, a senior adviser at the Myanmar Peace Centre said Monday, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar on 30...

A skirmish broke out between the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Tatmadaw in Nan Kit Village of Hpaswang Township in the Kayah State on Saturday morning (October 20). “We have our men there. They have to do their work. There is a gate they’ve to take care. According to our men, ...

* Regional al Qaeda arm uses Sahel as base for attacks * Mali, Niger, French forces stage operation against jihadists * Cooperation includes common radio frequency, sharing phone numbers * But cross-border "hot pursuit" remains delicate issue By Marine Pennetier ON THE MALI/NIGER BORD...

Abuja, 02 February, 2016 - As part of ongoing efforts to contain the spread of Lassa fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Journalists’ Initiative Against Polio (JAP), has taken the campaign on personal and environmental hygiene to both urban and rural communities in t...

On Tuesday, October 2, the Ambassador of Spain in Colombia, Pablo Gómez de Olea, together with the Deputy Representative of UNHCR in Colombia, Yukiko Iriyama, visited the International Bridge of Rumichaca to announce the contribution of Spain to UNHCR, which seeks to support the response in humanita...