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Peace treaty
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A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to stop hostilities, or a surrender, in which an army agrees to give up arms, or a ceasefire in which the parties may agree to temporarily or permanently stop fighting.
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Two months after a peace treaty put a halt to fighting, Seleka rebels have moved in and taken over Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. President Francois Bozize has fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rebels from the March 23 Movement, or M23, have taken control of more towns in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, taking advantage of poor discipline and moral among government forces. Rebel commander Colonel Makenga says his men are fighti...
Fighting has again broken out between government troops and army mutineers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The mutineers are former rebels who were incorporated into the national army under a peace treaty in 2009.
General Bosco Ntaganda i...
Cities are being shelled and neighborhoods raided a day after Damascus said it had accepted a UN-Arab League peace initiative. With no sign of an army withdrawal from urban areas, there is some skepticism over whether Assad intends to comply with ...