Peace talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban rebels have collapsed as the government refused to pull its troops out of its tribal border region with Afghanistan. Inside Story asks what the failure of the talks will mean for Pakistan.
We speak with Pascal Lamy, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation.
Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, will begin mediation talks between Kenya’s opposing political parties.Violence following disputed presidential elections has left at least 700 people dead and hundreds of thousands homeless.But Annan faces a tough challenge. Weeks of negotiations have so far failed to stop the bloodshed.Al Jazeera’s Hannah Belcher reports.
Moroccan officials will meet the pro-independence Polisario Front later on Monday for a new set of UN-sponsored talks over the disputed Western Sahara.Two rounds of negotiations last year produced little progress in ending the 32 year-conflict. And diplomats warn failure to clinch a deal could lead to renewed fighting.
Today on Riz Khan we talk about the peace talks in Jerusalem, the possibility of Kosovo independence and the auctioning of Marie Antoinette’s last bag of pearls in London.