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Peace adviser warns vs 'posers' eyeing MNLF, OIC talks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 10:39 PM

MANILA - Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday denied his office authorized individuals or organizations in holding a supposed forum on peace process and federalism for members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Zamboanga City. Read more »

People of Hong Kong nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 06:56 PM

A Norwegian politician has nominated the "people of Hong Kong" for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in a move which risks drawing China's ire. Read more »

Nobel snub fails to stop in Greta Thunberg's climate quest

Chris Stein, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 12 10:00 AM

Hours after judges passed her up for the Nobel Peace Prize, Greta Thunberg stood before a cheering throng, insisting once again that something must be done about climate change -- and fast. Read more »

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 11 05:56 PM

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts with Eritrea. Read more »

Timeline: Will Greta Thunberg become the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner?

Sonia Elks, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 10 09:05 AM

LONDON - Greta Thunberg is the bookmakers' firm favorite to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and become the youngest ever laureate, but some experts believe her youth could count against her. Read more »

Nobel buzz for Greta and literature duo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 03:44 PM

Experts are cautious, but bookies are tipping teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while two literature laureates will be crowned after last year's award was postponed over a sex harassment scandal. Read more »

In historic meeting, MILF, MNLF leaders embrace, spark hopes of reconciliation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 12:47 AM

MNLF founding chair Nur Misuari and MILF chair and BARMM interim chair Murad Ebrahim shook hands and embraced on Monday.  Read more »

Lauded for ‘creating positive changes,’ Isko to receive Gusi Peace Prize

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 05:14 AM

The Gusi Peace Prize International group recognized Moreno's "untiring effort working for people's amelioration, and finding peaceful solutions for people's welfare." Read more »

S.Korean leader proposes peace zone buffering North

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 07:41 AM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday proposed that the United Nations create an "international peace zone" to replace the peninsula's divide, saying the idea would both reassure the North and inspire the world. Read more »

Taliban open to new talks with US after bloody attacks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 05:17 PM

The Taliban's chief negotiator has said their "doors are open" to resuming talks with Washington, hours after two attacks by the insurgents killed at least 48 people in war-weary Afghanistan.   Read more »

Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 02:24 AM

A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 12, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 12:07 AM

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Pushing peace talks

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 02:18 PM

Church groups, peace advocates, and human rights defenders call for peace during a forum at Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City on Thursday, amid widespread killings around the country, recently a string of killings in Negros Island.  Read more »

Fighting picks up in Afghanistan after US-Taliban talks collapse

Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 06:40 PM

Fighting has picked up in several areas of northern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, days after the collapse of talks between the United States and the Taliban aimed at agreeing to the withdrawal of thousands of US troops. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 10, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 11:35 PM

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Taliban vows to fight on after Trump says talks are 'dead'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 04:37 PM

The Taliban on Tuesday vowed to continue fighting against US forces in Afghanistan after President Donald Trump said talks with the insurgents were "dead", saying Washington would regret abandoning negotiations. Read more »

Mauritius welcomes Pope Francis

Tiziana Fabi, AFP
Posted at Sep 10 03:22 PM

Pope Francis (center) waves as he arrives prior to leading a mass at the Monument of Mary Queen of Peace, Port Louis, Mauritius, on Monday.  Read more »

Challenges to Moro rebels' decommissioning

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 11:20 AM

The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, is expected to begin the decommissioning of some 12,000 fighters on September 7. It's part of the crucial normalization process under the peace agreement between the rebel group and the government. But in this edition of #MattersofFact, a senior adviser for the peace advocacy group International Alert says the decommissioning of weapons may not necessarily translate to a better situation in Mindanao. Read more »

MILF decommissioning set, but problems seen

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 09:38 AM

Thousands of weapons used in the decades-long Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines will be decommissioned beginning Saturday, a crucial commitment by former rebels under a peace deal that gave them a new autonomous region in Mindanao. Read more »

Deadly Taliban attack in Afghan capital casts shadow on peace deal with US

Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 05:25 PM

KABUL - A Taliban attack on a housing complex used by international organizations in the Afghan capital Kabul late on Monday killed at least 16 people and angered local residents who demanded the heavily fortified compound be moved.   Read more »