Myanmar has made important progress in the just-ended fifth round of nationwide ceasefire talks between the government and the ethnic armed groups, overcoming conflicts to reach many consensus and moving towards the finalization of a draft nationwide ceasefire accord.
Myanmar gov't, ethnic armed groups to meet again for nationwide ceasefire talks
Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is shocked and saddened by the latest acts of violence in Tripoli, which resulted in the death of dozens of people, said an AU statement on Sunday. The chairperson is deeply concerned at the increasing violence and lawlessness in the country, including a series of similar incidents in Benghazi and other cities in recent weeks, said the statement.
The Myanmar government's Central Peace Making Work Committee and representatives of ethnic armed groups on Tuesday agreed to hold political dialogue soonest, a statement said.
Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday urged all outside powers involved in the Syrian crisis to exercise restraints and give up potential armed intervention.
The Sudanese army on Sunday restored control of Ashambo area in Sudan's Blue Nile State, said an army spokesman.
Parties of armed conflicts should solve their disputes through dialogue and negotiations to minimize human casualties, a Chinese envoy to the United Nations ( UN) said on Monday.
Police arrested a violent armed man, who has been creating panic with firing in the red zone area of Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than five hours on Thursday night, local official said.
Myanmar released 68 more child soldiers from the armed forces recently, signifying that it is moving further to end recruitment of under-age children in the armed forces.
The jewels snatched by an armed robber from a jewelry exhibition in the southeastern French city of Cannes could be worth more than 130 million U.S. dollars, local media reported on Monday.
Myanmar government brought four armed groups to the negotiation table in the first half of this year and the peace process is in progress.
The Myanmar government will invite United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, among eminent persons at home and abroad, to witness the signing of a nationwide ceasefire agreement with domestic armed ethnic groups, official media reported Thursday.
The horrible hostage crisis at a remote Algerian gas field facility, which drew international attention over the past week, seems to have reached a breakoff after the Interior Ministry announced Saturday the death toll from both the attackers and the hostages. However, a deeper look leaves several questions unanswered.
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