Tag: clash
Protesters clash with police in Mali
Police used teargas to disperse campaigners for civilian rule before substantive talks over Mali’s political future began in Bamako on Thursday, indicating a deepening...
Police and protesters clash in Sudan
Stone-throwing Sudanese demonstrators battled security forces in Khartoum, witnesses said with a child and doctor reported killed at the start of a fifth week...
Militias clash in Tripoli
Rival militias clashed in the Libyan capital Tripoli with at least five people killed and 20 wounded, the health ministry said, splintering a four-month-old,...
Tuaregs killed in clash with Fulanis
At least 15 Tuaregs were killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group attacked their village in northern Mali, local authorities...
DR Congo, Uganda forces clash
Democratic Republic of Congo and Ugandan armed forces exchanged gunfire on a lake straddling their shared border, wounding at least two Congolese...
10 dead in Nigerian communal flashpoint clash
At least 10 people were killed in an attack in north-eastern Nigeria that has been a flashpoint for communal clashes between farmers...
Nigeria clash leaves 18, possibly more, dead
At least 18 people and possibly more were killed in a clash between bandits and villagers in north-west Nigeria, police said and...
Rival army factions clash in Ivory Coast city
Gunshots and heavy weapons fire erupted between rival factions in Ivory Coast's army at military bases in its second largest city, Bouake,...
South Sudan government forces attacked by rebels
Twenty-seven people were killed when rebels attacked government forces in South Sudan, a local government official said.
Three government soldiers and 24 fighters...
Police killed in Egyptian western desert clash
Armed militants killed at least 30 policemen in a shootout during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Egypt's Western desert,...
Three dead in clashes between Ivory Coast police and rebels
Three demobilised ex-rebel fighters were killed in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city of Bouake, as they clashed with police attempting to end their...
Police and militants clash in Tunisian city
Tunisian police killed an Islamist militant and another died when he detonated his suicide explosive belt during an exchange of gunfire after...
DR Congo police kill eight in clashes with sect
Police in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least eight members of a separatist religious sect, local activists said, escalating tensions...
South Sudan army and rebels clash, at least 15 dead
South Sudanese soldiers and rebels clashed in a state bordering Sudan, killing at least 15 people as violence raged on in the...
Thirteen Nigerian soldiers wounded, other missing, after Boko Haram clash
Thirteen Nigerian soldiers were wounded in clashes with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and others are missing, the army said on...
Angolan oil region clash leaves 12 soldiers dead
Separatist rebels said they killed 12 soldiers in Angola, part of a flare-up of violence in a region that produces half the...
Militants kill three Tunisian soldiers
Islamist militants killed three Tunisian soldiers and wounded seven others on Monday, opening fire on them with rifles and rocket propelled grenades...
Ethiopia will not escalate Eritrean border clash
Ethiopia and Eritrea both suffered casualties during weekend skirmishes along their border but Addis Ababa will not escalate the dispute on its...
Dozens killed in southern Somalia clash
Dozens of Islamist militants and 11 Somali government troops were killed in weekend fighting in the town of Hayo, southern Somalia, and...
