News stories by Correspondents

WASHINGTON, Jun 03 (IPS) - After half a century, Colombia may put an end to its conflict—if the U.S. will allow it.

ZORANJE, Haiti, Oct 02 (IPS) - Just months after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake killed over 200,000 Haitians and drove another 1.3 million into squalid camps, the Building Back Better Communities (BBBC) project got the green light from the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC), headed by former U.S. president Bill Clinton and then-Haitian prime minister Jean Max Bellerive.

ZORANJE, Haiti, Oct 02 (IPS) - The smells and scenes that greet a visitor to this eerily empty collection of over 60 brightly painted homes and buildings verge on the obscene.

Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has accepted a 'road map' for a ceasefire with rebels, according to a delegation of African leaders.