Over the weekend, Sudan rejected an African Union decision to ask the UN Security Council to endorse its call for the two Sudans to quickly halt hostilities and complete a peace pact within three months. Now, after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Sudan seems ready to negotiate a peaceful settlement of the conflict with South Sudan.
The case against Charles Taylor was far from air-tight and international courts tend to mainly convict Africans, but for Sierra Leonean attorney Alpha Sesay, there’s no denying that those convicted deserve to be in the dock.
The case against Charles Taylor was far from air-tight and international courts tend to mainly convict Africans, but for Sierra Leonean attorney Alpha Sesay, there’s no denying that those convicted deserve to be in the dock.
A UN-backed international human rights court on Thursday convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes in Sierra Leone. But in his native Liberia, justice has not yet been served.
An advance team of UN observers led by Moroccan Colonel Ahmed Himmiche (pictured) is in Syria to monitor a ceasefire. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged Damascus to grant the mission free access and said Syria is responsible for the team's safety.
An advance team of UN monitors said Tuesday that they face a tough task in implementing a Syrian ceasefire declared six days ago amid continuing reports of violence. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said that Damascus is responsible for the team's safety.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Monday for Syria to show "maximum restraint" and to allow a UN observer mission full access, adding that Damascus was responsible for the safety of the mission as an assault on the rebel bastion of Homs continued.
They've hit the ground running - UN observers touch down in Syria with the delicate mission of strengthening the ceasefire. Next, it's been 10 years of separation in Israel since the controversial construction of a huge wall began - our correspondent reports from both sides of the barrier. Finally, a peace bus tours Lebanon to commemorate the start of the bloody civil war in 1975.
United Nations observers began a mission on Monday to monitor a ceasefire that came into effect last week amid reports of more violence on the ground. Two civilians were killed in Hama on Monday while fighting continued in Idlib, activists said.
The United Nations was set to send a team of 30 advance observers to Syria on Sunday as part of a mission to monitor a tenuous ceasefire in the country amid reports of a surge in violence on the ground.
