Ivory Coast Peace Push May Be Last Chance, UN Envoy Says
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Mediation efforts by South African  President Thabo Mbeki may be the last chance to stop Ivory  Coast falling into a deeper crisis, the outgoing head of the  U.N. mission in the West African country said on Tuesday.
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A summit of West African leaders to  address renewed fighting in Ivory Coast gave its backing to a  proposed United Nations arms embargo on both sides of the  conflict, a communique said on Sunday.
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President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa said Sunday that he was ready to make concrete proposals to revive a peace process in Ivory Coast after visiting the rebel-held north of the country on a mediation mission.
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A summit of Francophone nations says a UN-backed pact is the only viable way to end war in Ivory Coast.
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The U.N. Security Council expressed "deep concern" on Friday at a delay in a bid by West African states to unblock a stalled Ivory Coast peace process and considered a visit to the region.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has taken some steps toward implementing peace agreements struck earlier with rebels who hold the northern part of the country, a spokesman for South African President Thabo Mbeki said
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A senior Sudanese government official says international pressure to bring peace to the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan may scuttle negotiations to end the violence.
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ABIDJAN  - Ivory Coast was under an arms embargo after a unanimous vote in the UN Security Council aiming to quell a new wave of unrest that has convulsed the west African state and sent thousands of foreigners fleeing.
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A peace agreement for Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region may be possible by year end after Khartoum signed a separate deal with southern rebels, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.
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All sides in Ivory Coast&#39;s conflict have agreed on measures to revive a moribund peace plan and speed up its implementation, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Monday at the end of a mediation mission.
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UN envoy Jan Eliasson said he was hopeful of a rapid reduction in violence in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur after a series of meetings with government officials and rebel commanders this week.
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ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast and France traded jabs Monday over responsibility for last week&#39;s unrest, as the UN Security Council appeared set to impose an arms embargo on the divided west African state.
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JOHANNESBURG  - Ivory Coast rebels wrapped up a two-day meeting with South African leader and mediator Thabo Mbeki on proposals for a new peace plan, with both sides expressing optimism in a speedy process.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - Ivory Coast rebels vowed on  Monday to repel army attacks robustly as African leaders sought  to resurrect a peace process in the world's top cocoa grower  and the United Nations mulled an arms embargo.
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The State Department called on parties to the conflict in the Ivory Coast resume a dialogue to end continuing strife in that country.
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All sides in Ivory Coast's conflict  have agreed on measures to revive a moribund peace plan and  speed up its implementation, South African President Thabo  Mbeki said on Monday at the end of a mediation mission.
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The UN Security Council has warned Ivory Coast&#39;s government and rebel leaders that they would be hit with sanctions if they failed to carry out their commitments under a new peace initiative.