Tag: militia
UK sanctions Libyan al-Kaniyat militia and its leaders – statement
Britain on Thursday imposed sanctions against Libya’s Kaniyat militia, saying those who breached international law in Libya would have to face consequences.
British Foreign Secretary...
More than 30 killed in militia attacks in western Ethiopia
Armed militia men killed more than 30 people in the Metakal zone of Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, a senior opposition leader told Reuters on Thursday,...
Militia enters city unopposed in east Congo, surrounds prison
Around 100 heavily-armed rebel fighters entered the city of Bunia in eastern Congo with a police escort on Friday, in an apparent show of...
US imposes sanctions on Central African Republic militia leader
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the leader of a Central African Republic-based militia group, the Treasury Department said, accusing the leader,...
Militia kills 16 villagers in Democratic Republic of Congo raid
Militia fighters killed 16 people in a raid on a village in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, the latest in a spate...
Armed group kills 20 villagers in northeast Congo
An armed group killed at least 20 civilians in an overnight raid on a village in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the...
CAR militia infighting
Militia infighting in Central African Republic (CAR) killed 40 people over the weekend and forced hundreds from their homes, local authorities said.
The bloodshed...
CAR militia leaders accused of war crimes
The alleged leaders of Central African Republic militias, one prominent in African football, heard details of war crimes accusations against them at the International...
Iraq PM orders Iran-allied militias to be reined in
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi sought on Monday to curb the powers of influential Iranian-backed Shi’ite Muslim militias, a politically risky move apparently...
Civilians killed in Central African Republic
An armed militia killed 34 civilians in an attack in Central African Republic (CAR), a government spokesman said, issuing a deadline for the group’s...
Mali struggles to disarm ethnic militia
Shortly after rolling into the central Malian town Koro to detain a leader of an ethnic militia suspected of massacring about 160 villagers, a...
Militia killings surge in Sahel
Africa’s Sahel region has seen a huge surge in civilian deaths in the past five months due to Islamist militants and ethnic militia attacks,...
Tripoli death toll hits 10
The death toll in clashes between rival militias in Tripoli has risen to 10 with 41 wounded this week, the health ministry said.
Fighting broke...
Nigerian militia group releases over 800 children – UN
A militia fighting the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young...
Militia violence hampers Ebola fight in DR Congo
Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo prevented aid workers from reaching potential cases in an outbreak of Ebola that has so...
Al Shabaab, militia clashes leave 17 dead
At least 17 people were killed in fighting between militants from Somalia's al Shabaab group and clan militias in the central semi-autonomous...
DRC militia members jailed for life on rape charges
Eleven Congolese militia fighters were jailed for life for raping girls as young as 18 months during ceremonies meant to give the...
South Sudan militia attack leaves 43 dead
A tribal militia killed at least 43 people in South Sudan's central Jonglei state, local officials said, part of a cycle of...
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...
Militias renew attacks in Central African Republic town
Christian militias in Central African Republic launched several attacks on Bangassou, attempting to seize a cathedral housing displaced Muslims and killing a...
Militias renew attacks in Central African Republic town
Christian militias in Central African Republic launched several attacks on Bangassou, attempting to seize a cathedral housing displaced Muslims and killing a...
Tuareg separatists seize Mali town
Tuareg separatists seized a town in Mali's desert north from a pro-government ethnic Tuareg militia after days of fighting, the separatists and...
East DR Congo militia violence forces thousands to flee
About 80,000 people fled fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo army and a new rebel coalition, the United Nations said, joining...
Militia violence in east DR Congo
Fighting between the Congolese army and a local militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced Banro Corp's Namoya gold mine...
Forgotten crisis: violence in Central African Republic
Fighting between militia groups killed about 300 people and uprooted 100,000 in Central African Republic this month, the worst bout of displacements...
Mineworkers freed by DR Congo militiamen
Militiamen have freed three Congolese and a French national kidnapped in March during an attack on Banro Corp's Namoya gold mine in...
Militia violence explodes in Central African Republic
Militia violence in Central African Republic killed around 300 people and displaced 100,000 in the last two weeks, the United Nations and...
Militia violence spreading in Central African Republic
As many as 100 people were killed last week in militia violence in southern Central African Republic and fighting fuelled by ethnic...
Christian militia renews attack on UN CAR base
Militia fighters from Central African Republic's (CAR) Christian minority attacked a UN base for the second consecutive night, a U.N. official said,...
DR Congo election risks delay due to militia violence
Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, slated for late this year to choose a successor to President Joseph Kabila, could be delayed...
CAR militia leaders hit with US sanctions
The United States imposed financial sanctions against two militia leaders accused of collaborating on violence intended to destabilise the Central African Republic...
Militias raid South Sudan’s Wau, killing at least 10
At least 10 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Wau on Monday, as ethnic militias went house to house...
ICC orders Congo militia leader to pay victims
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday found Congolese former militia leader Germain Katanga liable for $1 million in damages to his...
DR Congo soldiers kill 100 plus in militia clashes
Soldiers targeting the Kamwina Nsapu militia group in central Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 101 people between February 9 and...
Ethnic Malian militia says it will lay down arms
A militia in central Mali representing ethnic Peuhls said it would lay down its arms in a boost for government attempts to...
Forty-nine dead in continued militia violence in DR Congo
The death toll from militia clashes with security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week was at least 49, more...
Around 10 killed in northern Mali fighting between militias
Around 10 people have been killed in northern Mali in fighting between a pro-government militia and a rebel coalition dominated by ethnic...
U.N. warns of renewed cycle of sectarian strife in Iraq, urges...
The top U.N. human rights official called on Iraq on Tuesday to stop groups that are fighting alongside government forces against Islamic...
Congo arrests politician accused of leading militia that raped children
Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a provincial lawmaker accused of leading a militia that raped about 30 very young...
Zambia opposition leader denies training illegal militia
A leading member of Zambia's main opposition party appeared in court on Thursday and denied he had been training party supporters to...
Mali militias clash near Algerian border, killing at least 15
Fighting erupted between rival armed groups near Mali's desert border with Algeria on Thursday, reportedly taking at least 15 lives in a...
Government militia guilty of atrocities in Darfur
A government militia in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region has been guilty of killings and mass rapes of civilians over the past year...
Pro-government militia seize north Mali town after battle
Pro-government armed groups in Mali seized the northern town of Menaka from Tuareg separatists on Monday after fierce fighting, a spokesman for...
Libyan militia fire rockets into affluent Tripoli residential district
Libyan militiamen fired rockets into an affluent district of Tripoli early on Tuesday, moving a battle with a rival armed faction closer...
U.N. delegation holds talks in Tripoli over militia ceasefire
A U.N. delegation held talks in Tripoli on Friday to try to broker a ceasefire between armed factions that have turned the...
Protesters in Libya’s Benghazi march against militias
Two thousand people took to the streets of Benghazi on Friday to protest against Islamist militants and former rebel militias who have...
Rival Libyan militias clash in Tripoli, Benghazi
Heavy black smoke rose over southern Tripoli on Thursday after rival militias exchanged artillery and rocket fire in a battle over the...
Libyan air controllers strike to protest airport shelling
Air controllers in western Libya have gone on strike to protest the shelling of Tripoli's main airport, halting flights in much of...
Militia shells Tripoli airport, U.N. pulls staff out of Libya
A militia shelled Tripoli airport, destroying 90 percent of planes parked there, a Libyan government spokesman said, as heavy fighting between armed...
At least 28 killed in fighting in Central African Republic
At least 28 people have been killed in Central African Republic during several days of fighting between Muslim and Christian militias in...
