Following three days of talks between the Union Peace-Making Work Committee-UPWC and the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Meeting-NCCT, a joint statement released on Friday stated that a single text document for a nationwide ceasefire agreement has been approved with a second draft document set to ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for US$421.2 million to help provide meaningful alternatives to refugees and others undertaking dangerous journeys to Europe. The number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe from Africa through Libya is increasing and, with it, the risks they face c...

Their arrest by Egypt's coastguard and 12 days in detention under the searing heat have not sapped the determination of young Syrian Suad and her brother: They will get to Europe, whatever the risk. "When the coastguards arrested us they opened fire. An Egyptian man was wounded," says 18-year-old S...

RANGOON — The Burmese government’s chief peace negotiator recently visited Mon State in the country’s southeast, delivering a strong message that the minority will be limited to observer status during political discussions if it does not accede to a nationwide ceasefire agreement. A central commi...

L'attentat suicide visant l'armée et des combattants de groupes armés signataires de l'accord de paix au Mali, avait fait hier à Gao près de 60 morts et 115 blessés, selon le dernier bilan du gouvernement, alors que le porte-parole de l'Etat-major français évoque 77 morts. Le président IBK, qui a dé...