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Paris Sixth Annual Peace Forum opens in French capital


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Global leaders gathered in the French capital for the opening of the sixth edition of the annual Paris Peace Forum. The two-day event aims to tackle a wide range of global challenges from climate change and climate finance, to migration,…

Mali receives UN chief for Peace Operations


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Mali has welcomed Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for a two-day working visit. The purpose of his visit was to meet with national authorities in preparation for the planned…

Niamey residents call for peace as tension escalates


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Niamey Residents have called for peace as tension continued to escalate between Niger's new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger's flailing democracy. "What can…

Senegal to sign peace agreement with Casamance rebels


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A new step on the road to peace for Casamance, a historic handshake on 13th May gathered the head of the Diakaye fighters, the governor of the Ziguinchor region and the representative of Senegal's government. In Senegal's southern region…

Algiers, Bamako recommit to 2015 Malian peace deal


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Mali and its neighbour Algeria have said they wished to revive a 2015 peace deal between Bamako and northern Malian rebels that is more fragile than ever and raises fears of renewed violence. In a joint statement, Mali and Algeria said…

EU, US monitoring peace implementation in Ethiopia’s Tigray


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The EU Foreign Policy Chief has said that the EU and the US were monitoring the implementation of the peace agreement in Ethiopia and will only gradually restore their relations with Addis Ababa. "First of all, in Ethiopia, this was a…

DRC Street artists use walls to appeal for peace


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Street artists in Goma in eastern DRC are using the walls of the city to appeal for peace in a region plagued by violence. According to the Council on Foreign Relations in the US, there are more than one hundred armed groups operating in…

UNISFA, Partners broker peace between two communities in Abyei


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The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA, Internal Organisation for Migration IOM, Food and Agricultural Organisation FAO and Concordis International have brokered a peace agreement between the Ngok Dinkas and Misseriyas…

Tinubu Urges Lagos Residents to Maintain Peace


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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order. Tinubu said the outcome of the election…

African Union announces peace initiative in Libya


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The African Union ended its annual summit announcing it was working on the organization of a national reconciliation conference on Libya. Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 that the country has been plunged in political turmoil.…