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ceasefire is an agreement between two or more groups to stop fighting or engaging in hostilities for a specified period of time. It is a temporary break from conflict and violence.
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But the outspoken NPP Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu, called for
ceasefire in a Citi News interview.
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for the Yagaba - Kubori constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdul Rauf Tanko has called
for ceasefire on tribal politics.
Yesterday Mr Blair said he believed the UN security council could agree on a resolution «within days», despite divisions over whether or not to call for an immediate
ceasefire on Israel's part, something both the UK and the US have resisted so far.
Since then Israel has been in open war or varying states of
ceasefires with its Arab neighbors.
Everyone is so focused on Thanos that it often feels like there's the shakiest of
ceasefires between players from time - to - time.
Justification for Israel's latest land - grab in Syria is its determination that the Israeli army must not confront the Syrian army, Iranian - backed Shiite militias and Lebanon's Hizbollah fighters along the Golan
ceasefire line...
President Mahama's effort comes in the wake of the NDC's elders ordering an open
ceasefire by members of the party, still hurting over the 2016 election defeat that shocked everybody, even as the Electoral Commission had announced an unprecedented hacking into its electronic vote transmission system in the 2016 polls.
A 72 hour truce in Gaza appears to be holding after a fresh
ceasefire deal was agreed between Hamas and... More
President John Dramani Mahama at the Damba festival in Mamprugu land called for
permanent ceasefire in Bunkprugu.
Mohammed had while addressing reporters in Lagos yesterday, disclosed that the government has been in a
long ceasefire talk with members of the Boko Haram sect.
Palestinian and Israeli leaders have agreed an Egyptian - brokered
ceasefire which appears to be holding - following seven weeks of fighting.
Charlyboy, on Monday reacted to a statement credited to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the Federal Government had been in a long
ceasefire talk with the Boko Haram insurgents.
A three -
day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas which began at 6 am on Tuesday appears to be holding.
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for more than two hours today — longer than the 30 minutes they initially scheduled, and amid news of a
new ceasefire in Syria.
International development secretary Douglas Alexander has expressed his frustration after Israel refused to grant a 48 -
hour ceasefire of its air campaign against Gaza.
Following the
broken ceasefire earlier this month, at least 160 people died in Eastern Aleppo including schoolchildren and a pair of newborn babies.
The resolution, passed by the UN Security Council in February, calls on all parties to the conflict to stop hostilities and adhere to a long - term
humanitarian ceasefire for at least 30 days across the entire Syrian territory in order to ensure the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid supplies, as well as the medical evacuation of injured people.
«It is our view that both parties should observe an immediate
ceasefire so that their comments do not obstruct the investigation.
More than 150,000 people fled Afrin in recent days, the Syrian Observatory said, as Turkey pressed on with its campaign despite a U.N. Security Council call for a 30 - day
ceasefire across Syria.
Russian warships heading for Syria could be used to target civilians in the besieged city of Aleppo, NATO Secretary - General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Tuesday, calling on Moscow to implement a
lasting ceasefire.
There's a call to pray for the war - torn Syrian city of Aleppo with a proposed
ceasefire appearing to... More
Palestinian and Israeli leaders have agreed an Egyptian -
brokered ceasefire which appears to be holding... More
«Our policy has always been consistently clear - the situation in Gaza is intolerable and we've urged both sides to agree to an immediate and
unconditional ceasefire.»
'' [He] calls on the parties to renew a humanitarian pause in Gaza and reiterates his demand for a
durable ceasefire that could set the ground for the start of comprehensive negotiations».
On June 23, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC) signed a
bilateral ceasefire agreement, after more than five decades of armed conflict.
«For the sake of clarity, we want to state unequivocally that as of today, the Ijaw Youth Council has not issued any statement on the NDA and Reformed Egbesu Fraternity
ceasefire announcements.
Although Marathon has insisted that the $ 89,000 burden won't be sloughed on to patients after discounts, rebates, and assistance programs, Aronin declared a
temporary ceasefire on Monday.
I was relieved to read the WCC «Statement on
Ukraine Ceasefire Agreement,» which announced that a high - profile delegation of the council would visit Ukraine.
Armed opposition and civilians are expected to leave rebel - held areas after Russian
backed ceasefire.
If we lose confidence in the transforming power of the Gospel, we run the risk of losing ground in a conflict we may forget is still being waged, even under formal conditions of a
political ceasefire.
A 72 hour truce in Gaza appears to be holding after a
fresh ceasefire deal was agreed between Hamas and Israel.
A
fragile ceasefire hangs over Yemen, where a bloody and destructive civil war has been fought for the last twelve months.
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Otherwise the secondary option of seeking a
sustainable ceasefire appears a far more realistic, although by no means easy, objective.
What the world has been living with is actually a 60 -
year ceasefire.
The Federal government on Monday expressed its readiness to dialogue with the newly formed militant group just as it called for a two -
week ceasefire.
Given that a third of
ceasefires fail within five years, peace and security will depend on getting the NCA and the subsequent «political -LSB-...]
McGuinness's subsequent journey — helping lead Irish republicanism from militarism and Marx to democratic agitation and peace - building has defined the past quarter century, since the first
IRA ceasefire of 1994.
Still, news that a
successful ceasefire in Nigeria had allowed repairs to oil pipelines weighed on the market, ANZ Bank said.
The pair will be heading back off screen for their 90s Boston drama focused loosely on
Operation Ceasefire.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Filipov was «flying over the Idlib de-escalation zone for
controlling ceasefire regime observance,» and Russian state - owned media said he was conducting «a routine flight over the de-escalation zone.»
Gas supplies have been used as a weapon in the conflict, as Russian threatens to cut off gas to Ukraine as a
shaky ceasefire remains in place in east Ukraine.
«If war breaks out in the north, we have to open with all our strength from the start,» he said, pointing to the likelihood of international pressure for a
quick ceasefire before Israel can achieve all its strategic goals.
«With that vote Russia made a commitment to us, to the Syrian people, and the world to stop the killing in Syria,» Haley said of February's UN Security
Council ceasefire in Syria.