Talks

Mali creates group to open dialogue with Islamist insurgents

Can Vatican visit to Cameroon break the Anglophone crisis stalemate?

Bulgaria blocks EU accession talks for North Macedonia

French trade unions welcome PM's decision to delay pension reform talks

Secessionists boycott talks on Cameroon's Anglophone crisis

Small steps towards peace talks to end Yemen conflict

Kerry slams Syrian 'disruption' of peace talks after Paris meeting

Opposition has high hopes for new Tanzanian facilitator in Burundi mediation

South Sudan: Rebels not satisfied with power-sharing deal, but accept it, says spokesman

Burundi: Stalled talks to restart in mid-January, peacekeeping force by consent, says Tanzania foreign minister

Ugandan mediators organising Burundi crisis meeting for 'all stakeholders', says regional cooperation minister

South Sudan crisis talks are not all-inclusive, says opposition leader Lam Akol

High stakes as US domestic politics hit Iran nuclear talks

'Leaked' documents claimed to show African Union pro-Khartoum bias in Sudan negotiations

US Congress could block Iran nuclear deal, analyst

Regional bloc to blame for stalling South Sudan peace talks, says rebel negotiator

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas holds first talks with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal

Second round of syrian talks opens in Geneva

Pakistan government talks to Taliban

South Sudan's neighbours try to broker a ceasefire

French press review 20 January 2014

African press review 13 January 2014

Mediator in South Sudan still optimistic for ceasefire

African press review 09 January 2014