UDA &#39;ceasefire&#39; begins today
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The British governmentâs recognition of the Ulster Defence Associationâs ceasefire officially came into effect today. It came hours after the UDA, Northern Irelandâs largest loyalist paramilitary group
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Pakistani security forces and militants in the Swat Valley begin an unofficial ceasefire after days of fierce fighting.
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UGANDA&#39;S government and the rebel Lord&#39;s Resistance Army are to sign a total ceasefire on December 31, the chief mediator said today.
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Lord's Resistance Army rebels start moving in compliance with a ceasefire agreement, Ugandan army officials say.
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Talks on the next vital phase of the Northern Ireland peace process were under way yesterday even before counting had concluded in the elections for the revived Belfast Assembly.Comment
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Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Nord-Kivu province were ready Monday to sign a ceasefire and troop disengagement deal, their representatives and Congolese officials said.
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REBELS of the Lordâs Resistance Army and members of the Ugandan government are expected to sign a ceasefire today, ending one of the worldâs bloodiest conflicts.
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The Northâs political parties are due to meet in Stormont today for talks aimed at reviving the stalled peace process. The talks are designed to prepare the ground for an intense round of make-or-break negotiations
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THE Irish Republican Army announced was willing to resume disarmament and promote a &quot;totally peaceful&quot; Northern Ireland, it said today.
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Sinn FÃ©in, the IRA&#39;s political wing, and the Democratic Unionists engaged in mutual recrimination yesterday in the wake of Wednesday&#39;s announcement by the British and Irish
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BELFAST -- The outlawed Ulster Defense Association has resumed a credible cease-fire and is eligible to play a formal role again in Northern Ireland's peace process, Britain announced yesterday in a surprise move.
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The loyalist UDA pledges to end all violence and work towards complete disarmament.
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The ceasefire between Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tigers formally comes to an end.
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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness will today talk face-to-face for the first time with a Northern Ireland Chief Constable.
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A fresh round of talks is due to begin in NI in an effort to unblock the political impasse and restore devolution.
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Only a small number of followers of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr handed over their weapons today at the start of a ceasefire aimed at ending weeks of fighting between US troops and insurgents in the Baghdad&#39;s impoverished Sadr City neighbourhood.
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By Trevor Mason and Chris Moncrieff, Political Staff, PA News. The Ulster Defence Association was warned by the Government today that it must âlive upâ to commitments it gave on ending military activity.