Minister Karugarama says discussions will continue between Kinshasa and Kigali, as well as between the Congolese government and various rebel factions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

Egypt has been mediating between rival Palestinian factions Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The plan also calls for reconciliation efforts that could include holding talks with Taliban factions willing to abandon the insurgency.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

He says various factions are trying to unite these resistance forces to support candidates and influence the political process.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Afghan officials have welcomed the idea of including Iran in the talks as well as U.S.proposals to speak with willing Taliban factions.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

The disarmament of the country's former rebel factions, set to be completed two months before the vote, is also reported to be behind schedule.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Riots by rival gangs and factions of the security forces drove 100,000 people from their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

The visits by U.S.officials have been preceded by clashes over the last few weeks between Israeli police and Palestinians, as well as deepening divisions among Palestinian factions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

But round after failed round of Egyptian-mediated talks to reconcile the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah continue to underscore how little even traditional leader Egypt can accomplish.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Some reports said the dispute had caused al-Shabab to split into two factions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Analyst Ali Alfoneh at the conservative American Enterprise Institute says there has been another development over the past year - the opposition has split into two differing factions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

DeShazo says Fidel Castro's TV appearance could be a "trade off," or compromise, with his brother, current President Raul Castro, to appease different factions within the Cuban regime.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

With much of the tribal region dominated by several Taliban factions, the government is turning to an old practice of striking agreements with local tribal militias, called lashkars,to handle security.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

since then,the two factions have been at loggerheads.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Iraq has been mired in a political stalemate since legislative elections in March left Shi'ite political factions vying for dominance, and the right to form a government and to choose a prime minister.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

McCoy says she believes it may be possible to broker a solution to what she regards as a constitutional crisis in Honduras, but she says both pro- and anti-Zelaya factions will need to recognize what brought it about.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

The U.S.support is credited with helping the Philippine government capture or kill key leaders of two Islamic insurgent groups in the country's southern islands, but the VFA has become a target for Filipino leftist and nationalist factions who want it scrapped.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

But some Pakistani political factions and the country's powerful military have been bitterly critical of provisions in the legislation which,among other things, requires the Obama administration to report to Congress every six months on whether Pakistan's newly-democratic government is exercising effective civilian control over the military.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13