Congolese await 'historic' deal
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A peace deal for eastern DR Congo is due to be signed shortly, after rebels and the government reach agreement.
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Central African Republic President Francois Bozize Friday said his country would soon open its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, closed since 2002 due to civil war there.
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A final peace deal to end 21 years of conflict in southern Sudan could be clinched at the end of the month in line with a pledge by Khartoum and the main southern rebel group, officials said.
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A strict ban on granting new logging concessions in Congo's rainforest must be maintained while the poor African country struggles to recover from years of war, conservationists said on Saturday.
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The two main militia groups in Congo's most troubled province agreed to disarm in exchange for amnesty and positions in the army, a breakthrough that could end fighting in the northeast and ensure a peaceful presidential vote Sunday.
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Ian Paisley is almost certain to sign a historic agreement that would see his Democratic Unionists sharing power in Ulster with Sinn Fein.
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GOMA, Congo  - 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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Talks are raising hopes that a central African conflict involving the Lord's Resistance Army is winding down.
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Democratic Republic of 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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Swiss authorities will hand over millions of dollars from the accounts of ex-Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko.
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A peace deal that will let Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony avoid international war crimes charges drew a mixed reaction on Wednesday, with some calling it an affront and others lauding it as a practical solution.
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Nepal's multi-party government and Maoist rebels said they were set to sign a landmark peace accord on Tuesday that would declare a formal end to a decade-old civil war which has killed thousands.
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African leaders have a landmark two-billion-dollar (1.5-billion-euro) security and development pact to prevent further violence in the continent's Great Lakes region, one of the world's bloodiest areas.
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo  -  Former rebels and loyalists now in Congo's transitional  government headed to South Africa on Friday for talks on  reviving the country's shaky peace process and improving  regional security, officials said.
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GOMA, Congo -- At least 100,000 people have been displaced in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, when the government and a powerful renegade general agreed to combine troops in an attempt to pacify the area, says a UN Security Council report released this past weekend.
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The government of the Central African Republic reaches a peace deal with one of the main rebel groups.
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Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) turned out in their millions in the first round of historic presidential elections likely to confirm Joseph Kabila as leader of the embattled central African country.