Niger Delta rebels sign ceasefire, disarmament deal: officials
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Two rival militias in Nigeria's Niger Delta, where unrest sent world oil prices soaring this week, promised they would stop fighting government forces and hand in their weapons, a statement from the Nigerian presidency said.
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The Sudanese government and the main southern rebel group have agreed on the last issues, including a permanent ceasefire, that were standing in the way of a final peace agreement, mediators said on Thursday.
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Sudan&#039;s government and eastern rebels  signed a pact to cease hostilities and agreed a framework for  future talks on Monday to end a long-simmering insurgency in  the remote but economically important region.
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A rebel Nigerian warlord withdrew a  threat to shut oil operations in the world's seventh largest  exporter on Friday as part of a peace deal negotiated with the  government.
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A rebel Nigerian warlord withdrew a threat to shut oil operations in the world's seventh largest exporter on Friday as part of a peace deal negotiated with the government.
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Congolese Tutsi rebels and a rival Mai Mai militia group pledged on Tuesday to respect a recently-signed peace accord, a day after clashes between their fighters broke the ceasefire.
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Chadian President Idriss Deby and leaders of Chad's four main rebel groups signed Thursday a peace accord after the latest flare-up of unrest in the central African country, a Libyan official said.
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The Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army rebels sign an agreement in the latest round of peace talks.
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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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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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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.
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A rebel leader who had threatened to attack multinational oil interests in Nigeria says he and President Olusegun Obasanjo have agreed that rebel and government troops will stop firing on each other immediately.
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Rebel groups in eastern DR Congo agree to disarm, a move which could bring peace nearer in the troubled region.
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Sudan&#39;s government and southern rebels will agree a permanent cease-fire on Friday at talks aimed at ending Africa&#39;s longest-running civil war, delegates said.
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Rebel groups in Nigeria's Delta region have agreed to stop hostilities against the government, officials confirm.
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Rebel officials and the Sudanese government committed themselves Friday to ending the 21-year civil war in southern Sudan before January, signing an agreement at a special meeting of the U.N. Security Council in Africa.
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Israeli Defence Minister says two Palestinian militant groups have agreed to a ceasefire during peace talks.