Truce

Yemen clashes reported despite truce

Clashes in Yemen are reportedly continuing despite a fragile five-day truce declared by the pro-government Arab-led coalition coming into effect. At least 10 Houthi rebels were killed after their vehicles were targeted by an explosion in Zinjibar in Abyan province minutes before the truce took hold on Sunday before midnight,[…]

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Truce brings temporary calm to Manenberg

After many efforts by the community activist within the Manenberg Safety Forum, rival gangs in the area have agreed to halt all gang shootings. A meeting at the weekend resulted in a verbal agreement with gang leaders from the Clever Kids, Hard Livings, Americans and Dixie Boys, to restore peace[…]

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Manenberg truce hopes to bring temporary calm

The lives of learners in Manenberg have been severely disrupted during the year end examinations, with some having to study through constant gunfire night and day. The daily gun battles have led community leaders to negotiate a current truce, which they hope will remain in tact until the New Year.[…]

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Fears rise amid Ukraine truce breaches

The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is all but dead, Ukraine’s representative to the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has told an Austrian newspaper. It was now barely possible to still speak of a ceasefire, Ihor Prokopchuk was quoted as telling Die Presse in an interview. “Since the[…]

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Nigeria truce shaky

Days after Nigeria’s military raised hopes with the announcement that Islamic extremists had agreed to a cease-fire, Boko Haram is still fighting and there is no word on the fate of the 219 schoolgirls held hostage for six months. Officials had said talks would resume in neighboring Chad this week, but[…]

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Yemen Houthis and tribesmen reach truce deal

A 24-hour ceasefire agreement between Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebels and Sunni tribal fighters has been reached in Ibb province, sources have told Al Jazeera. At least eight people were killed in heavy fighting between tribesmen and Houthis on Friday in the central province, witnesses said, increasing fears of outright sectarian[…]

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Blame traded over Ukraine truce ‘violations’

A ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east appeared to be largely holding despite accusations by both sides of minor violations of the truce. A Ukrainian defence official accused rebels in Donetsk of a “series of provocations” after the truce went into effect at 15:00 GMT on[…]

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Palestinian joy as Israel agrees Gaza truce

Thousands of Palestinians are celebrating in Gaza after Israel and Palestinian groups agreed an open-ended ceasefire to end seven weeks of fighting in Gaza. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday from the occupied West Bank that a formula had been accepted by all parties and that a ceasefire[…]

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Sides trade blame over Gaza truce breakdown

Israel has said rocket fire from Gaza has “made continuation of talks impossible,” trading blame with Palestinian negotiators over the collapse of the ceasefire. Spokesman Mark Regev responded to Palestinian negotiator Azzam al-Ahmed’s charge that Israel had thwarted the talks that broke down on Tuesday after Israel recalled its negotiators[…]

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Gazans return to ruined homes as truce holds

Many Palestinians living close to the Israeli border have returned to piles of rubble where their homes once stood, as a fragile five-day ceasefire extension between Hamas and Israel entered its second day. Calm held on Friday morning as the two sides in the Gaza conflict pondered Egyptian-mediated efforts to[…]

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