Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla commander Pablo Beltran (left) and Colombian government delegation member Otty Patino (right) listen to the reading of a document after a meeting within the framework of the peace talks at "La Casona Cultural Aquiles Nazoa" complex in Caracas on January 21, 2023. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) CARACAS – The […]
Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula (left) and Head of the Tigray Forces Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede (right) exchange signed copies of an agreement, at Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 12, 2022. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) ADDIS ABABA – Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on all countries to place peace at the center of all their words and […]
Pablo Beltran, representing the Colombian guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) (front left) shakes hands with Ivan Danilo Rueda, High Commissioner for Peace on behalf of the Colombian government, after a press conference at the end the first part of peace talks at the Humboldt Hotel in Caracas, Venezuela on Dec 12, 2022. (MATIAS DELACROIX / […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a General Assembly meeting commemorating the 40th anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec 8, 2022. (ESKINDER DEBEBE / UN PHOTO / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General […]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters on Feb 4, 2020 in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP) BOGOTA — A United Nations multi-donor fund will donate a record $55 million to help establish peace in Colombia in 2023, with programs focused on rural reform, protecting social […]
(From left to right): South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor, Redwan Hussein, Representative of the Ethiopian government, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union Horn of Africa envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, Getachew Reda, Representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and former deputy President of South Africa Phumzile […]
This handout picture released by Colombian President Gustavo Petro's twitter account shows Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Danilo Rueda (in white t-shirt) during a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Caqueta, Colombia, on Sept 17, 2022. (GUSTAVO PETRO'S OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT / AFP) Colombian government representatives have met with members […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during the First Summit of Mayors from the Colombian Pacific Coast region, in Yumbo, Colombia on Aug 10, 2022. (JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) HAVANA/BOGOTA – Colombia hopes to restart peace talks with leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army in Cuba, the country's Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva said […]