Peace talks with splinter rebel group RPA-ABB gaining headway

Peace talk between the government and a splinter rebel group is quietly gaining headway with the profiling of its members and inventory of firearms in preparation for disarmament.

Peace talk between the government and a splinter rebel group is quietly gaining headway with the profiling of its members and inventory of firearms in preparation for disarmament.

The stakeholders of this southern port city will get their turn to exchange views anew with members of the government panel currently negotiating peace settlement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

The realization of national reconciliation is the only way to restoring peace and stability in Somalia, a Chinese UN diplomat said here on Tuesday.

Somalia is entering the “most critical stage” as the end of its transitional governing period approaches, a UN envoy said here on Tuesday, calling on the international community to boost efforts to help the Horn of Africa country through the process of peace building and national reconciliation.

Syrian government forces foiled an attempted suicide car bombing Friday in the northern city Aleppo, only a day after two suicide blasts killed at least 55 in the capital.

UN Assistant Secretary General Ivan Simonovic is urging the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to respect the Rome Statute in the case of general Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.

- Rina Casiño, the mother of young actor Albie Casiño, said she is open to reconciling with young actress Andi Eigenmann and her family.

The 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army destroyed three of the 111 captured “non-standard” firearms at its headquarters at Camp Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental on Friday.

The series of consultations conducted by the government with stakeholders on the Mindanao peace process are being received with optimism, according to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has recommended that the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Liberia be reduced gradually by about 4,200 troops in three phases between this year and 2015, when it will have a residual presence of some 3,750 soldiers, UN officials said here Tuesday.













