the first half of 2020, the UN has said, raising concerns the rising violence aims to derail planned peace The bloodshed comes as the Taliban and Afghan authorities prepare to launch much-delayed peace talks No matter what tactics they employ to derail the peace process, they cannot be allowed to succeed." Under the US-Taliban deal, the armed group was supposed to begin peace talks with the Kabul government

World leaders have strongly condemned the bloodiest crackdown yet by Myanmar’s security forces against peaceful “The use of lethal force against peaceful protesters and arbitrary arrests are unacceptable,” Stephane the necessary steps to be taken for the restoration of democracy without delay for the maintenance of peace and stability in the country and the immediate cessation of violence against the peaceful protesters Earlier on Sunday, the UN human rights office said in statement police and military forces had confronted peaceful

sighs Joachim Lobo, a teacher who longs “to pick up the chalk” and be reunited with his pupils if ever peace Floribert Ndjabu, a man who served 15 years in preventive detention on suspicion of the murder of nine UN peacekeepers Part of the population remains sceptical about any peace process. need military pressure, with means sufficient to allow the army to secure the population and enforce peace

Representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces return to negotiating table in Jeddah. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, waves to a crowd during a military-backed tribe's rally [File: Mahmoud Hjaj/AP Photo] Sudan’s warring parties have resumed negotiations in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the war that has killed more than 9,000 people and displaced some 5.6 million since April. The deadly war between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who commands the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has devastated the country. The United States and Saudi Arabia brokered the mediation efforts, which have had limited effect, yielding brief truces that were systematically violated. The warring sides announced on October 25 that they had accepted an invitation to resume negotiations. The talks are taking place “in partnership” with representatives of the African Union and the East African bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), led by close US partner Kenya, according to Riyadh. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomes the resumption of talks” between the warring sides, the host country said in a statement. The statement called on negotiators to abide by an earlier agreement announced on May 11 to protect civilians, as well as a short-term ceasefire agreement signed on May 20. “The Kingdom affirms its keenness on unity of ranks … to stop the bloodshed and alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people,” the statement said. © 2023 Al Jazeera Media Network

and experts have nominated jailed Uyghur academic and blogger Ilham Tohti to receive the 2024 Nobel Peace Tohti was shortlisted for the Peace Prize in 2020 and 2023. “Ilham Tohti has always been cited as a possible favorite for the next Nobel Peace Prize. “But what we say is that peace is more important. “When Liu Xiabo won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The military now controls nearly 70 percent of the Gaza Strip. Overseeing the process is an international Board of Peace chaired by Mr. Trump. Trump’s Board of Peace. Israel, as the Board of Peace consolidates control and Gaza is redeveloped, would take another step in Trump has said that the Board of Peace behind this transformation would at some point collaborate with

Gregorio Borgia/AP JUBA, South Sudan — Pope Francis made a final appeal for peace in South Sudan on Sunday President Salva Kiir, his longtime rival Riek Machar and other opposition groups signed a peace agreement "We need a permanent peace now and I hope these prayers would yield to lasting peace." In a bid to spur the process along, Francis was joined on the novel ecumenical peace mission by the Archbishop Empowerment for Progress Organization, said the visit of the three leaders was an important push to the peace

The summit seeks to find an amicable peaceful solution to the raging conflict in Sudan. Sudan Tribune Thursday that the event would address two important issues within the context of Sudan’s peace listen to a full briefing from the mediation team and officials from Saudi Arabia on the process of the peace the sense that it presents an opportunity for the leaders to address fundamental matters relating to peace

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, Sudan’s transitional government and the main rebel group kicked off a new round of peace File) CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional government and the main rebel group kicked off a new round of peace Sudan’s transitional government has been engaging in peace talks with rebel groups over the past two In 2020, Sudan’s transitional authorities and another rebel alliance signed a peace deal.

and campaigners guilty of organising and taking part in an unauthorised assembly over their role in a peaceful Although Hong Kong’s mini-constitution guarantees the right to peaceful assembly, Woodcock added, “restrictions that freedom of assembly is a constitutional right in Hong Kong and noted that police had approved the peaceful

Now is the real time that he can bring peace and hope to the Egyptian people as a whole and to the Christians Egyptians are united before this terrorism," he said, adding that "these vile attacks that hit people of peace Retired Coptic Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina of Giza, Egypt, said the incidents were an attack against "In the midst of what should be peace, horrible violence yet again," he said. strengthen protection for Coptic Christians and other religious minorities who wish only to live in peace

Ambassador Nikki Haley urged South Sudan’s leaders on Tuesday to seize “the last chance” to salvage the 2015 peace process put forward by the eight-nation East African regional group known as IGAD “to resuscitate the peace There were high hopes that South Sudan would have peace and stability after its independence from neighboring The August 2015 peace agreement has not stopped the fighting and clashes in July 2016 between supporters “Our hope is that preparations currently under way for the IGAD forum on revitalization of the peace