Congo's militia groups agree to disarm
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The last two main militia groups in Congo's most troubled province agreed to disarm in exchange for amnesty and army positions, officials said Thursday as violence erupted in the capital reportedly killing seven people ahead of historic weekend elections.
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BAGHDAD : Shiite militia leader Moqtada Sadr has agreed to disarm and quit a holy shrine in Najaf as demanded by Iraq&#39;s key national conference, one of the organisers of the meeting said.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's biggest right-wingparamilitary group said on Thursday it would disband 3,000 ofits fighters before the end of the year, in what the groupcalled a good faith gesture as it pursues peace talks with thegovernment.
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Democratic Republic of Congo&#39;s  army and a renegade general have agreed to a U.N.-brokered  ceasefire to halt more than a week of clashes in the east, the  U.N. mission in Congo (MONUC) said on Thursday.
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Rebels agree to sign a peace agreement with the DR Congo government after days of delay.
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Congo's government and warring rebel and militia factions will sign a deal on Tuesday to end fighting in the country's conflict-torn east, government officials and diplomats said on Monday.
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Congo&#39;s government has announced that forces loyal to Kinshasa have ousted gunmen that seized a southern mining town earlier this week, killing 30 rebels.
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Fighters loyal to militant cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have agreed to lay down their arms their Baghdad stronghold, Sadr City, in a deal to end months of clashes with US troops.
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Uganda's army and rebels reportedly agree to pull their forces apart, after President Museveni talks to a top rebel.
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Rebel and government militia in Ivory Coast are due to start disarming formally, five years on from the civil war.
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The DR Congo and Ugandan leaders agree to pull back troops to ease tensions over an oil-rich lake.
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More than 900 right-wing paramilitary fighters surrendered their weapons Tuesday, but a leading international rights group criticized the demobilization process and said the Colombian government is letting war criminals off the hook.
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Militia fighters in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City are to begin surrendering their mortars, grenades, machine guns and other weapons Monday under an accord with the interim Iraqi government, both sides announced Saturday.
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Peacekeepers in Congo are prepared to help disarm Hutu rebels threatening Rwanda from Congolese soil to ease tensions between the two Central African neighbors, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Years of fighting in Congo's restive east ended Â on paper at least Â Wednesday as warlords and militia fighters signed a long-awaited peace accord with the government of this huge Central African country.
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Warring rebels and militias in  eastern Democratic Republic of Congo signed a cease-fire deal  on Wednesday aimed at ending conflict at the heart of one of  the world's most deadly humanitarian catastrophes.
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GOMA, Congo  - Warring rebels and militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo signed a ceasefire deal on Wednesday aimed at ending conflict at the heart of one of the world's most deadly humanitarian catastrophes.