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Archive for Category: "Violence"
Sudan shuts down six aid groups: officials
Sudan revoked the licences of Oxfam and at least five other aid groups on Wednesday after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, aid officials said.
Uganda says captures LRA rebel commander in Congo
Ugandan troops have captured a senior Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel officer, the first high profile scalp in a much-criticised offensive against the guerrillas in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Nigeria: explosion d’un oléoduc de Shell dans le sud
Un oléoduc de la compagnie anglo-néerlandaise Shell, qui alimente l’important terminal d’Escravos dans le sud du Nigeria, a explosé, a annoncé mardi à l’AFP un porte-parole de la compagnie.
Rebels ‘retake Congo positions’
Hutu rebels have retaken positions they lost in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN peacekeepers say. The UN says it has reports that FDLR rebels captured several villages and a former military training school, days after Rwandan troops began to withdraw.
Ban calls for closer Congo-UN collaboration
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Saturday for increased collaboration between Congo and the U.N. peacekeeping mission there, which is under fire for failing to do its job.
Kenya police ‘ran death squads’
A UN investigator has called for the removal of Kenya’s police commissioner and attorney general over a wave of alleged extrajudicial killings.
Ugandan LRA rebels attack across CAR border: colonel
Ugandan rebels crossed into Central African Republic and ambushed an army patrol triggering clashes that killed several fighters, a colonel in the republic’s armed forces said on Wednesday.
Darfur: two aid workers killed
Gunmen shot dead two workers for a French aid group in an ambush in the Sudanese region of south Darfur, peacekeepers said on Monday.
Somalia: more attacks on African troops
Somalia’s hardline Islamist insurgent movement al Shabaab pledged on Monday to stage further attacks against African peacekeepers after the deadliest strike yet killed at least 11 soldiers from Burundi.
Egyptian police hold 11 after fatal bombing
Egyptian police have detained 11 people for questioning about the bomb which killed a French teenager and wounded at least 21 people near a popular tourist bazaar in Cairo on Sunday, police sources said on Monday.
RDC: Bosco ntangada bientôt à la CPI?
Une cinquantaine d’ONG locales basées dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo ont appelé le président congolais Joseph Kabila à livrer à la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) Bosco Ntaganda, ex-chef rebelle rallié à Kinshasa et recherché pour crimes de guerre.
Clashes in Nigerian city kill at least 3:Red Cross
At least three people were killed and churches and mosques set ablaze in the eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi on Saturday, close to where clashes between religious gangs killed hundreds of people last November.
Sudan says 28 killed in clashes with Darfur rebels
Seventeen rebels and 11 Sudanese soldiers have been killed in clashes in Darfur, the army said, days after Khartoum signed a goodwill agreement with an insurgent movement.
Rwandan army to start Congo withdrawal:spokesman
Rwandan troops will start withdrawing from eastern Congo on Saturday and the entire force will have left by the middle of next week, a Rwandan military spokesman said on Friday.
Sudan army denies attacks after Darfur deal
Sudan’s army on Thursday denied accusations it attacked a Darfur rebel group a day after the country signed a goodwill agreement with the movement.
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