Tag: sectarian violence
Nigeria’s Islamists targeting Christians to provoke religious war, says minister
Islamist militant groups in Nigeria have begun targeting Christians in an attempt to provoke a religious war, the information minister said on Thursday.
Islamist insurgents...
Herdsmen kill 100 in attacks on Nigerian villages
Gunmen shot, hacked and burned to death at least 100 people and razed homes in central Nigeria, a region riven by disputes...
Over 70 killed during clashes in Central African Republic town
At least 70 people have been killed and dozens of houses torched in clashes between Muslim and Christian communities in a town...
Nigeria largely ignores sectarian violence
Nigerian authorities have largely ignored sectarian clashes in the nation's religiously mixed central region that have killed 3,000 people since 2010, Human...
After execution-style killings, Iraqis await worse
A spate of execution-style killings in Iraq has rekindled memories of attacks carried out at the height of the country's sectarian bloodshed...
Three killed in clashes in Central African Republic capital
Three people were killed and several wounded in Central African Republic's capital Bangui on Wednesday in clashes between security forces and former...
Overnight shelling takes death toll in north Yemen to 100, say...
Overnight shelling has taken the death toll from fighting between rival Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim groups in a northern town in Yemen...
Four killed in Sunni-Alawite clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli
Four people have been killed in fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli between Sunni Muslim gunmen who oppose Bashar al-Assad and...
Egyptian Christians fear chaos after wedding bloodshed
Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their...
Explosions across Baghdad kill at least 38 people
Bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 38 people, police said, as suspected Sunni Islamist militants pursued a...
Car bombs kill 54 in Shi’ite districts of Baghdad
Car bombs killed at least 54 people in mostly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad on Monday as suspected Sunni Muslim militants pursued...
