Tag: rebel
Syrian army and pro-Iranian militias attack rebel enclave in southern city
Syrian army units aided by pro-Iranian militias have staged a major assault on an opposition enclave in the southern border city of Deraa in...
Eleven killed in rebel raids on Congo’s second city, say local...
Eleven people, including one child, were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday when rebels attacked two military posts in the southeastern mining...
Swiss trial begins of Liberian rebel commander accused of cannibalism and...
A former rebel commander accused of being involved in the killing of 18 civilians and other crimes that included rape and eating pieces of...
Air strikes on Syrian rebel camp kill at least 35 people...
Air strikes on a camp in northwest Syria run by rebel fighters backed by Turkey killed at least 35 people and wounded scores on...
Rwanda seeks to merge ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s case with that of...
Rwanda’s top prosecutor will seek to merge the case of Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994...
Sudan signs historic peace deal with five rebel groups
Sudan’s government signed a peace agreement with the country’s five key rebel groups on Monday, a significant step in the transitional leadership’s goal of...
Sudan, major rebel group sign deal to integrate rebels into army
Sudan and a major rebel group signed an agreement on Monday to integrate the rebels into the army within 39 months, signatories said, the...
Sudan, South Sudan rebel ceasefire extended
Sudanese and South Sudanese officials agreed with the leader of an alliance of armed factions operating along their joint border to extend a ceasefire...
Clashes in South Sudan town leave at least 14 dead
At least 14 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Raga when fighting erupted between government forces and the main...
South Sudan rebels claim dismissed as “ridiculous”
A claim by South Sudanese rebels they had taken control of a town on the Ugandan border and killed 14 soldiers was...
Ex-Libyan rebel commander can sue former minister
A former Libyan Islamist commander, who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and US spies handed...
South Sudan rebels apparently kill 21 civilians in ambush
Rebels attacked trucks carrying civilians in South Sudan, killing 21 people, the government said, as violence between rival forces loyal to President...
ICC to rule on Timbuktu shrine damage by Islamist rebel
International war crimes judges are to rule on Tuesday in the case of a former Islamist rebel who pleaded guilty to wrecking...
Mali rebels used Libyan weapons – report
Rebel fighters in Mali made extensive use of weapons originally from Libyan arsenals during 2012/13, a joint investigation by The Small Arms...
Somali, Kenyan forces eye rebel bastion, hostage dies
Kenyan and Somali forces were poised to close in on Islamist rebels in their southern Somali strongholds as Paris announced that a...
Somali rebels move Spanish hostages to Kismayu–army
Somali militants loyal to al Qaeda moved two Spanish hostages to the rebel stronghold of Kismayu in the face of an advance...
Sudan signs Darfur deal with splinter rebel group
Sudan signed a peace accord with a small Darfur rebel group, but another larger insurgent group dismissed the deal as propaganda that...
South Sudan rebel militia raid kills 29, army says
A rebel militia killed 29 people including police and civilians in a south Sudan cattle raid, the southern army said adding to...
CAR president confirms rebel leader’s death
Central African Republic's President Francois Bozize has confirmed the death of a rebel leader but dismissed criticism from rights and opposition groups...
