settlement of a conflict

Among his first actions were the settlement of a conflict between Sweden and the Barbary State of Tripoli, as well as obtaining the latter's agreement to recognize the Italian Republic.

Fighting in Liberia's civil war had ebbed late last year while Ghana led regional efforts to conclude a diplomatic settlement of a conflict that has killed an estimated 150,000 people and made refugees of 80 percent of the country's population of 2.5 million.