Diffuse Hamas structure complicates efforts to bring lasting peace in Gaza

Serikali ya Israel na wapiganaji wa Hamas wamekubaliana kusitisha vita kwa masaa 12 katika eneo la Gaza .

spyghana.com
S. Sudan finding lasting peace
spyghana.com
The ongoing talks are aimed at finding a lasting solution to the fighting in the Republic of South Sudan, which has hitherto claimed 20,000 lives and displacing over a million others. President Jakaya Kikwete. “The target here is to re-unite the divided Sudan ...
S. Sudanese leaders re-convene in Tanzania for separate talksSudan Tribune
Kikwete to grace resumption of S. Sudan peace talksDaily News
SPLM Deputy Chairperson Warns Against...

As deadline approaches, will South Sudan's leaders deliver?

A news item on the commissioning by President Jakaya Kikwete on Saturday 423 second lieutenants, 400 of them from Democratic Republic of Congo, and 23 from Tanzania may not have elicited any interest from many people.

Huffington Post UK
Turn Words Into Action Involving Women for Lasting Peace
Huffington Post UK
We have recently celebrated the peace deal struck between the Government in Colombia and the main guerrilla group. The deal reached on justice issues represents the clearest sign yet of a possible end to five decades of conflict. Less is said about the ...
Kikwete's administration scores high on gender equalityDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
How The UN Can Help Women Make More...

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AU calls for more efforts to consolidate peace
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) said Friday that Africa needs to scale up efforts to consolidate peace amid rising conflicts on the continent. Commissioner for the AU organ, Smail Chergui told a press ...
Proliferation of Arms Escalating Conflict in Africa - Nigeria PresidentAllAfrica.com
Ethiopia/AU: AU welcomes UNSC sanctions on CARPanapress...

The economic potential of Ethiopia's planned 5,000km rail network is obvious but the railway might even play a role in peacemaking, says Mary Harper.

Polls have opened in the Central African Republic in presidential and parliamentary elections aimed at restoring stable government.

Would CAR's Christian militias listen to a Papal call for peace?