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The FDLR, or so-called democratic forces for the liberation of Rwanda, has laid down its weapons and is seeking to negotiate with Rwanda, the group's president says.

The United Nations said Friday it will host another round of Libyan peace talks in Geneva next week, stressing that completing an agreement was a matter of “extreme urgency”.

Kigali, Tuesday. The UN-led Burundi peace talks were thrown into further disarray Tuesday when the ruling CNDD-FDD party and the opposition UPRONA announced their withdrawal.

Talks between South Sudan's government and rebels are due to start later on Tuesday in attempt to agree to a ceasefire, mediators say.

Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels resume in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with a 10 August deadline to agree a ceasefire.

Fresh talks to resolve South Sudan's crisis open more than two weeks after a ceasefire and despite a refusal to release detainees, a key rebel demand.

The president of the Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, offers talks with Christian militias as the sectarian conflict continues, reports say.

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Kikwete to Grace Resumption of S. Sudan Peace Talks
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Arusha — PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete is expected to partake in the South Sudan peace talks that resume on January 15, this year in Arusha. The ongoing talks are aimed at finding a lasting solution to the fighting in the Republic of South Sudan, which has ...
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>After 13 months of fighting and six failed ceasefires, diplomats are being forced to accept that any deal to end the war in South Sudan will, at best, result in a return to the status quo that precipitated the carnage in the first place.