Tag: clashes
Several dozen reported dead in clashes in South Darfur
About 36 people were killed and 32 wounded in clashes in Sudan’s state of South Darfur, state news agency SUNA reported on Sunday.
The violence...
Fourteen dead in Burkina Faso clashes
Gunmen killed four Burkina Faso soldiers and injured five others near the Malian border a day after 10 civilians died in a separate nearby...
Clashes over land and water leave more than 30 dead in...
Gunmen on motorcycles killed more than 30 Tuareg civilians in northern Mali where clashes over land and scarce water are common, an official said.
The...
Security worsens, ethnic clashes in Burkina Faso
Thirteen civilians were killed in ethnic violence in central Burkina Faso, government said, echoing a rise in inter-communal conflicts in neighbouring Mali linked to...
Timbuktu rocked by clashes
Clashes broke out in Mali's northern city of Timbuktu on Thursday between Arab, Tuareg and black communities, days before elections seen as...
Ethnic clashes in Mali leave 16 dead
At least 16 Fulani herders were killed in suspected ethnic clashes in central Mali, government and local sources said, underscoring the chronic...
Thirteen killed in Ituri clashes
The DR Congo military killed 13 militiamen during clashes with an unidentified group after coming under attack in the country's volatile Ituri...
More than 20 left dead after clashes in Nigeria
More than 20 people died in clashes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, police said, part of an outbreak of violence...
DR Congo/Rwanda border clash leaves soldiers dead
Congolese soldiers were killed and wounded in a cross-border skirmish with Rwandan troops this week, Democratic Republic of Congo's military said.
Each side...
Clashes at Libyan oilfield claim five lives
Libyan forces killed three suspected Islamic State fighters near an oilfield in the southeast of the country, a local official said.
Two...
Eleven dead in Ethiopian ethnic clashes
Ethnic clashes killed 11 people last week in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, a regional government official said, the latest unrest in a province...
Cameroon clashes claim 17 lives
At least 17 people died in clashes between security forces and protesters in Cameroon's English-speaking regions, Amnesty International said, as violence broke...
Hundreds massacred in DR Congo army/militia power struggle
Congolese army commanders orchestrated a wave of massacres killing hundreds between 2014 and 2016 as they vied for influence with anti-government insurgents...
Ethnic clashes in Mali leave 13 dead
At least 13 people were killed in central Mali at the weekend in inter-ethnic clashes between Fulanis and Bambaras, the interior ministry...
Twenty-four killed in DRC ethnic clashes
At least two dozen people, most of them women, have been killed over the past week in ethnic violence between Bantus and...
Clashes in Nigeria’s divided heartland pile pressure on president
Hundreds of people have died in a surge of ethnically-charged violence in Nigeria's divided heartlands, officials said, piling pressure on a government...
Clashes between farmers and herders leave 18 dead in Niger
Eighteen people were killed and 20 others wounded on Tuesday in violence in Niger that pitted itinerant cattle herders against farmers, officials...
Clashes in central DR Congo kill at least 13
At least 13 people have died in two days of clashes in a city in central Democratic Republic of Congo that pitted...
Death toll in clashes, blast in Libyan town rises to 40
The number of people killed in an explosion and in clashes between militiamen and locals in a town east of Tripoli has...
Eritrea, Ethiopia trade blame for border clashes
Eritrea and Ethiopia accused each other of starting clashes on Sunday between their soldiers in a border region, highlighting persistent tension over...
One dead in protests over re-election bid of Ivory Coast president
At least one person was killed and others were injured during protests in Ivory Coast over the validation of incumbent President Alassane...
Clashes erupt in Libya’s Benghazi, five killed
At least five people have been killed and nine wounded in the Libyan city of Benghazi after heavy fighting between security forces...
Eleven dead in Congo Republic after police, DRC group clash
Eleven people, including a former rebel leader, have been killed in Congo Republic in a clash between police and a group of...
Two killed as Egyptian tribal clash resumes
Two people were killed on Sunday when tribal clashes flared for a third day in the southern city of Aswan, security sources...
At least three killed in Cairo clashes
At least three people were killed in clashes in Cairo on Friday amid protests by the Muslim Brotherhood, days after hundreds of...
Burundi seeks to arrest opposition leader after clashes
Burundi's authorities have ordered the arrest of an opposition leader after clashes between his party members and police last week, a move...
Workers clash in South Sudan oil fields, 16 dead, says official
Fighting between workers in two oil fields in South Sudan has killed at least 16 people but the government is now in...
South Sudan hit by clashes for second day, death toll at...
Clashes broke out again in the South Sudanese capital Juba on Tuesday, a day after President Salva Kiir said security forces had...
Guinea clashes kill one, injure nine after journalist says targeted
One person was killed and nine others injured during clashes in Guinea's capital after a journalist critical of President Alpha Conde said...
Egyptian Islamists call for protests over Mursi trial
Supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi have called on Egyptians to hold mass protests on November 4, the day he goes...
Fourteen killed in clashes in Central African Republic
Fourteen people have been killed in violent clashes between Christians and Muslims in an isolated town in eastern Central African Republic that...
Youths burn church, riot in Kenya’s Mombasa after imam killed
Young Muslims set fire to a church, burned tires and clashed with police in Kenya's main port city of Mombasa on Friday,...
Clashes in Guinea’s capital kill one, wound 50: government
At least one person was killed and more than 50 wounded in Guinea's capital in clashes between supporters of rival political parties,...
Some 120,000 forced from homes by Mali clashes -UN
Some 120,000 people have been forced from their homes in Mali since Tuareg-led rebels launched an independence bid last month in the...
Clashes erupt in Congo ahead of vote results
Clashes erupted between protesters and security forces in parts of Democratic Republic of Congo as diplomats scrambled to defuse tensions ahead of...
Burundi troops kill 18 in clashes – official
Burundian troops killed 18 gunmen in fierce clashes, a government official said stoking fears that a new rebellion may erupt in the...
Egyptians protest at army, clashes kill at least 12
At least 12 people were killed in clashes between security forces and crowds protesting against Egypt's ruling military council in some of...
Fourteen dead as Niger clashes with convoy from Libya
Niger's army has clashed with a heavily armed convoy of vehicles that entered its territory from Libya, killing 13 in the convoy...
Six militants killed in south Yemen clashes – official
Six militants were killed in clashes with Yemeni government forces in the southern province of Abyan, a local official said raising to...
Kenyan pastoralist clashes kill 12 over two days
Fighting between pastoralists over grazing land in drought-ravaged northern Kenya killed five people officials said, the latest in a string of deadly...
Yemen clashes kill 6 in intensifying crackdown
At least six Yemenis were killed in the capital in an intensifying crackdown by security forces on protesters demanding that the president...
Egypt arrests 28 people over protest clashes
Twenty-eight people were arrested on suspicion of attacking soldiers and burning military vehicles during clashes between the army and demonstrators, state media...
Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25
Egyptian Christians turned their fury against the army after at least 25 people were killed when troops crushed a protest using tactics...
Sierra Leone to charge more than 50 over clashes
Sierra Leone will prosecute more than 50 people after clashes between rival political groups in the West African country last month that...
Sudan forces clash with Darfur rebels-army
Sudanese armed forces clashed with a major rebel group near the border with Libya and Chad in the troubled Darfur region, an...
Fighting over CAR diamonds kills at least 21
At least 21 people have been killed in running gun clashes between two former rebel groups seeking control of a diamond-mining area...
13 Sudanese policemen killed in clashes in Darfur
Around 13 Sudanese policemen were killed and 33 injured in clashes with armed groups in the troubled region of Darfur, said officials.
"13...
One dead in Congo capital street clashes
At least one person was shot dead and two wounded when police and opposition supporters clashed in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital...
Clashes in Nigeria’s Jos kill 22 – morgue official
At least 22 people died in clashes between Christian and Muslim youths and security forces in the restive Nigerian city of Jos...
Thirteen die in violence in Nigeria’s Jos – army
Thirteen people died in clashes between Christian youths and Muslims celebrating the Eid-al-Fitr holiday in the Nigerian city of Jos on Monday,...
