Archive for Category: "Violence"

Somalia’s Shabaab rebels threaten Uganda, Burundi

Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab insurgents said they will strike the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from those countries that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu.

Shell fire kills at least 18 in Mogadishu

Artillery battles between Islamist rebels and Somali government forces killed at least 18 people in Mogadishu on Thursday, medical workers said.

Eight Nigerians dead after protests, residents say

At least eight Nigerians were killed when protests against the razing of their homes turned violent in the oil hub Port Harcourt, residents said on Tuesday, but the police denied any deaths.

Somalie: Incursion militaire éthiopienne dans le nord

Selon des témoignages recueillis sur place, des centaines de soldats éthiopiens sont entrés dans plusieurs villages du nord de la Somalie samedi où ils auraient arrêté des habitants avec l’aide de miliciens pro-gouvernementaux.

Somali rebels amputate hands and feet in Kismayu

Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab insurgents amputated a foot and a hand each from two young men accused of being robbers in southern Kismayu port on Friday.

Guinée: les milices libériennes étaient-elles présentes?

C’est devenu la psychose du moment à Conakry. Dadis Camara a-t-il importé en Guinée des milices libériennes ? L’attitude de la garde présidentielle et des bérets rouges qui ont utilisé des méthodes dignes des miliciens de Charles Taylor pour mater les opposants, fait craindre le pire.

Sénégal: situation tendue en Casamance

L’attaque de vendredi contre un véhicule militaire a fait 6 morts et trois blessés. Il s’agit des plus lourdes pertes subies par l’armée sénégalaise depuis trois ans en Casamance, en proie depuis 1982 à une rébellion indépendantiste, malgré la signature en 2004 d’un accord de paix.

Massacres du 28 septembre : Dadis a-t-il été l’instigateur ?

Le chef de la junte guinéenne dément toute responsabilité dans l’intervention militaire qui, lundi, à Conakry, aurait coûté la vie à plus de 150 manifestants. Mais selon plusieurs sources policières, Moussa Dadis Camara ne pouvait ignorer le drame qui se jouait au stade du 28-Septembre.

Somali rebel groups fight in southern port

Rival Islamist rebels battled in southern Somalia’s Kismayu port on Thursday, killing at least nine people and the fighting threatened to spread to other parts of the failed Horn of Africa state.

Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels declare war on rivals

Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels said on Wednesday they would fight rival Hizbul Islam militants for control of the southern port of Kismayu, and residents said the insurgents had started digging trenches.

Guinea junta promises probe into rally killings

Guinea’s military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has promised an inquiry into a crackdown by security forces on opposition protesters which local rights groups said claimed at least 157 lives.

Guinea protests ‘will continue’

A leading Guinean opposition leader has said protests will continue in the country to get rid of what he called the “criminal” military regime.

Scores die in south Sudan attack

Militiamen have killed more than 100 people in an attack in southern Sudan in the latest in a series of ethnic clashes, the military says. UN sources said thousands of armed men from the Lou Nuer ethnic group attacked civilians and security forces in the village of Duk Padiet in Jonglei state. Last month about [...]

Armed tribesmen attack south Sudan villagers, soldiers

Tribesmen attacked a village in south Sudan on Sunday, overwhelming soldiers guarding the settlement and killing an unknown number, the army said.

UN probes use of its vehicles in Somalia bombing

The United Nations is investigating the use of its vehicles by suicide bombers who killed 17 African Union peacekeepers at their main base in Somalia, a senior official said on Saturday.