Somali govt, Islamists to agree on agenda for talks
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Somalia's interim government and a   powerful rival Islamist administration are to agree on a   declaration of principles for talks to resolve an impasse over   control in the anarchic nation, a spokesman said on Monday.
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A new round of peace talks between Sudan&#39;s government and rebels in the Darfur region will deal with security arrangements so thousands of people can return to their villages
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At least two people are reportedly killed during fighting in the Somali capital, as peace talks are due to start.
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BANGKOK, Oct. 5 -- Thailand's military has agreed to hold talks with Muslim rebels involved in an insurgency in the country's south, the powerful army chief said Thursday. The announcement marked a reversal of a policy held by the elected government that was deposed in a coup last month.
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A team of United Nations officials have met with senior Somali Islamists, the first such talks since Muslim militias seized the capital last month from US-backed warlords.
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Sudanese government delegates and Darfur  rebels agreed on Friday to meet face to face for the first time  at talks in Nigeria to discuss a draft security framework aimed  at breaking a deadlock in negotiations.
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Security was stepped up across the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday ahead of a major peace meeting seen as the interim government's best hope of strengthening its legitimacy in the Horn of Africa nation.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Guns were silent in the sole stronghold of Somalia's interim government on Tuesday as an Islamist deadline to Ethiopian troops to leave or face holy war passed with conciliatory signs.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudanese government and rebels delegates met today for talks to resolve the crisis in western Darfur a week before a UN deadline expires for the government to disarm the mostly Arab pro-government militias terrorizing the region.
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According to Oman News: A session of talks was held today at the premises of the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources between the Sultanate and the Islamic Republic of Iran on water resources.
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Peace talks continued in Nigeria Thursday between the government and the leader of a militia group.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals prepared on Tuesday for talks on a unity government, with less than two weeks to go until a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
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The Ugandan government and a rebel group operating in the north are putting together an agreement to stop their fighting, in preparation for peace talks to end almost two decades of insurgency.
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Sudan&#39;s government and southern rebels will agree on a permanent ceasefire on Friday at peace talks hosted by the Kenyan government.
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Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi vowed on Tuesday to bring ousted Islamists to justice after the latest spate of postwar attacks targeted a minister's house and the port in Mogadishu.
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Ethiopia makes preparations for a conflict with Somalia's Islamist group, the prime minister says.
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SIRTE, Libya  - Sudanese government and rebel delegates at a Darfur peace conference will meet privately on Monday to agree an agenda, mediators said, while efforts continue to bring more rebel leaders to the talks.