Sentences with phrase «long ceasefire»

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.

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.

Effectively ending Labour's decade - long ceasefire on class - based political rhetoric, Miss Harman last year declared that social class is the «over-arching» inequality in Britain today.

It is unclear how long the ceasefire will last.

The Syrian military, just hours earlier, had declared that a week - long ceasefire had failed because rebel groups kept breaking it.

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Liberal Democrat MP Michael Moore added his calls for an immediate ceasefire, warning: «For as long as the US, and, by extension, the UK, tolerate the disproportionate military response by the Israelis, the diplomatic efforts will be undermined completely.»

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.

After a day - long conference in London on how to move forward the political process in Libya, other developments included: An admission the Coalition did not yet fully know who made up the opposition, which came after Nato said American intelligence had shown «flickers» of al Qaeda among the rebels; A suggestion the Coalition would be prepared to see Colonel Gaddafi go into exile if a country was willing to take him; A claim by the Italians that several nations were working on a deal involving a ceasefire, exile for Gaddafi and a talks framework between Libya's tribal leaders and opposition figures; Nick Clegg warning about the «danger of overreaching» during a speech in Mexico, but stressing liberal interventionism must be upheld.

«The government needs to send a message to both sides that these actions are wrong and that there needs to be an immediate ceasefire and a long - term solution to this tragic conflict.»

If international media wanted to provide their readers with real and useful information, they could report on a joint statistical analysis performed by the University of Tel Aviv, MIT and a Harvard graduate student that demonstrates that 79 % of all ceasefires were violated by Israel, 8 % by Palestinians and 13 % by both sides on the same day; and that of twenty - five ceasefires lasting longer than a week Israel violated twenty - four; and that Israel violated all fourteen ceasefires that lasted longer than nine days.1

Longer term, if oil prices rebound (as we believe they ultimately will), and if Russia adheres fully enough to the ceasefire to get sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe lifted, Russian companies could recover swiftly and in a stronger competitive position than before.