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The Mali government asked the country’s main Islamic body to open peace talks with leaders of al Qaeda’s local affiliate in an effort to...

Saudi Arabia resumed indirect talks with Yemen’s Houthi movement to cement a faltering ceasefire, sources familiar with the discussions said, as the UN pushes...

The Taliban declined to start talks with the Afghan government’s new negotiating team in a setback to a US-brokered peace process in one of...

Talks on a pact that would allow the United States to end its longest war and withdraw from Afghanistan ended without agreement and both...

Sudan’s military rulers and the main opposition alliance met at a Khartoum hotel to restart talks over who should lead Sudan to elections. Negotiations between...

The head of Sudan’s ruling military council said it was ready to meet an opposition alliance to negotiate the country’s transition towards democracy, after...

Outside mediation is needed to defuse Sudan’s crisis because the ruling military council and opposition distrust each other too deeply for direct talks following...

The head of a parliament aligned with forces trying to seize Libyan capital Tripoli from the internationally backed government said there could be no...

Sudan’s military and opposition groups agreed to resume talks on formation of a transitional council, an Ethiopian envoy said, as an opposition alliance suspended...

Sudan’s military rulers offered to resume talks with opposition groups two days after security forces mounted a deadly raid on a protest camp, but...

Sudan’s military ruler offered to resume dialogue on transition to democracy, a day after he scrapped all agreements with an opposition alliance. The offer by...

Sudan’s military rulers and an opposition alliance met to discuss the powers of a joint military-civilian council to steer transition after three decades of...

A Congolese presidential candidate's representatives apparently met with outgoing President Joseph Kabila's camp to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. Kabila's camp denied any meetings...

Sudan's foreign ministry said Khartoum and Washington agree on a second phase of strategic talks aimed at removing Sudan from the United...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman will visit Kuwait on Saturday, the state-run Kuwait News Agency said, amid expectations he will discuss...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar reached agreement on "some points" in peace talks in Khartoum, Sudan's foreign...

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday for a meeting with President Salva Kiir, part of talks to...

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar accepted an invitation from the Ethiopian Prime Minister for talks with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir...

Ethiopia's ruling coalition started talks with opposition groups on amending provisions of an anti-terrorism law critics say has criminalised dissent, state-affiliated media...

Rival Libyan factions agreed on a declaration to create a political framework paving the way for UN-backed elections in December to end...

Groups in western Libya cast doubt on talks in Paris aiming to pave the way for elections in the divided country, fearing...

Talks in Ethiopia to revive South Sudan's failed 2015 peace pact and end the country's civil war broke up without a deal,...

South Sudan should not waste the opportunity of forthcoming peace talks even though an agreement to end conflict was violated by warring...

An exiled Ethiopian opposition party from the country's restive Oromiya region held talks with government, a tentative step in its aim of...

The East African bloc of nations IGAD said it postponed this month's talks aimed at securing the implementation of South Sudan's peace...

Nigeria's government is in talks with Islamist militant group Boko Haram about a possible ceasefire with the ultimate aim of securing a...

Burundi's main opposition grouping is boycotting peace talks in Tanzania, leaving little chance the negotiations will end simmering political violence that has...

Month-long UN-backed talks aimed at bridging differences between Libyan factions ended on Saturday with no discernible progress toward stabilising the country and...

France's foreign minister said there were "positive elements" that may help end the Libyan crisis, after meeting warring parties in the country...

Prominent community leaders in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta oil hub threatened to pull out of peace talks with government unless their demands...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has halted until October 12 the work of a committee formed with the United States to negotiate relief...

The United Nations Security Council unanimously backed attempts to restart talks between Morocco and the Polisario independence movement over the Western Sahara...

France and Mali ruled out any talks with jihadist groups responsible for repeated attacks on Malian and foreign forces, rejecting calls to...

Mali's government should start talks with leaders of two Islamist groups responsible for deadly attacks on Malian and French soldiers and UN...

Congolese police fired shots and tear gas on Tuesday to ward off protesters after Catholic bishops pulled out of their mediation role...

The European Union is offering simplified visa procedures and increased economic aid to Tunisia and Egypt in exchange for smoother deportations of...

The government of Burundi said it will not attend peace talks scheduled to resume in Tanzania, although the main opposition alliance confirmed...

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday a Western failure to rein in violent Islamists in Syria had indefinitely delayed the...

Mozambique's opposition party Renamo will not abandon talks with the government, its spokesperson said, after one of its senior officials was shot...

A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed a wave of attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, said it was ready...

Talks to secure a lasting ceasefire in Sudan's three warring regions under a road map for peace have collapsed less than a...

Talks to secure a lasting ceasefire in Sudan's three war-ravaged regions began on Tuesday, a day after an opposition coalition signed on...

A Nigerian former militant group said on Sunday it has been holding talks with government to end a wave of attacks on...

Representatives of five parties that participated in Burundi's general election boycotted a second round of peace talks in the northern Tanzanian city...

Tunisia's ruling Islamists began talks with secular opponents on Saturday under a deal that calls for their government to step down and...

Somalia is open to talks with al Shabaab's top commanders and informal discussions already held suggest a willingness among some militants to...

Similarities between a new Chinese fighter jet and a prototype Russian plane have brought suggestions that Moscow may be quietly helping Beijing...

Morocco and Western Sahara's independence movement will resume talks next week to try to make headway in the 35-year dispute over the...

Madagascar's government has halted air links with neighbouring Mozambique, stranding senior Malagasy negotiators in Maputo where they had struck a deal on...