Tag: killing
Killings in Katsina
Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in north-western Nigerian state Katsina on Saturday, local police said.
“Armed bandits”, some wielding AK-47s, carried out...
Family killed by gunmen in Oromia
Gunmen shot dead a family of seven and injured three others in the restive Ethiopian state Oromia, the prime minister’s home region, authorities said.
It...
Gunmen kill 41 in central Mali
Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles attacked two villages in central Mali, killing at least 41 people in a part of the country where ethnic reprisal...
Fourteen dead in Darfur camp killing
Fourteen people died in clashes in a displacement camp in Sudan’s Darfur, Sudan news agency (SUNA) reported on Monday.
Conflict in Darfur erupted in 2003...
American was killed in Cameroon crossfire
An American killed in Cameroon this week was caught in cross fire and not deliberately targeted, a US State Department spokesman said,...
Killings and kidnappings in Somalia
Gunmen from Somalia's Al Shabaab group killed six people including four soldiers in the streets of the capital, a day after the...
Mali election winner must stop ethnic killing
Whoever wins Mali's election will need to urgently address growing ethnic violence in its central region, where jihadists are sowing chaos in...
Tuareg civilians killed in Mali attacks
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 16 Tuareg civilians in attacks in northern Mali, days after 40 Tuareg were killed in similar...
UN investigating South Sudan killings
The United Nations is investigating reports of 25 people killed in South Sudan's central Gok state in clashes between tribal factions.
Thousands of...
Nine killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in Niger
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants killed nine people and abducted dozens more in southern Niger, a local mayor and a journalist said.
The...
South Sudan killings amount to genocide – UK
Killings and other atrocities in South Sudan amount to genocide and African leaders need to "step up" and not rely on others...
No justice in South Sudan after July rapes and killings –...
The United Nations rebuked South Sudan for failing to pursue justice after grave human rights abuses -- including killings and gang rapes...
Rise of the hired hitman: assassinations and democracy in SA
Press coverage of the 2016 local elections shone a spotlight on the murky world of political assassinations in South Africa, while high-profile...
Two dead in Shi’ite processions in northern Nigeria
At least two people were killed on Wednesday in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna during clashes at processions by minority Shi'ite...
CAR rebels kill 26 villagers – presidential spokesman
Rebels killed 26 villagers in Central African Republic, a spokesman for the presidency said, the worst bloodshed in recent months in a...
Five killed in Niger by suspected Boko Haram militants
Suspected militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram rode on camels into a village in south-eastern Niger and killed five people, Anfani...
Informer, soldier killed at checkpoint north of Cairo
Gunmen killed an informer and a soldier and injured five other people, including two civilians, in an attack at a police checkpoint...
South Sudan security forces killed, raped civilians: UN
Government soldiers and security forces in South Sudan executed civilians and gang-raped women and girls during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month...
South Sudan rejects UN soldier rape and killing accusations
South Sudan rejected accusations by the UN that its soldiers had raped and killed civilians during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month...
Egyptian policeman jailed for beating man to death
An Egyptian police officer was sentenced to seven years in jail and five other policemen to three years on Tuesday for beating...
Uganda accuses Congo army of killing four of its police
Uganda said on Monday four policemen patrolling on its side of Lake Albert had been killed by Congolese troops and demanded Kinshasa...
Eighteen killed in fighting at UN South Sudan compound – MSF
Fighting at a United Nations compound sheltering people fleeing conflict in South Sudan has killed 18 people, including two Medicins Sans Frontieres...
Eight Cameroon villagers killed by Boko Haram militants
Eight villagers in Cameroon's Far North region were killed in a raid by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram followed by a gun...
Attacks on peacekeepers may constitute war crimes – ICC Prosecutor
In the wake of the latest attack on UN peacekeepers in the Darfur region of Sudan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal...
