Tag: security forces
Tunisian security forces place prominent judge under house arrest
A Tunisian judge who has been accused by human rights groups of hiding terrorism-related files has been placed under house arrest for 40 days,...
South Africa calls for eSwatini security forces to exercise ‘total’ restraint
The South African government says it notes with great concern the ongoing political and security situation in the eSwatini, as anti-monarchy protests continue.
“We are...
Ethiopian rights body says security forces killed at least 76 in...
Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission said on 1 January that security forces killed at least 76 people and wounded nearly 200 during violent unrest...
Sudan security forces fire tear gas at protesters on anniversary of...
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, some burning car tyres, who gathered to mark the anniversary on Monday of...
Iran acknowledges security forces killed protesters
Iranian authorities confirmed for the first time this week security forces shot dead demonstrators during what rights groups said was the deadliest anti-government unrest...
Militants killed by Egyptian security forces
Egyptian security forces killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, the Interior Ministry said, a day after a...
Egyptian security forces kill six suspected militants in shoot-out
Egyptian security forces killed six suspected militants sympathetic to Islamic State in a shoot-out in the southern province of Assiut, an Interior...
Cameroon security forces arrest 100 at anti-discrimination protests
Security forces in Cameroon arrested about 100 people during days of protests over alleged discrimination against minority English-speaking people, Communications Minister Issa...
Egyptian forces kill two militants in Cairo area
Egyptian security forces killed two suspected Islamist militants during clashes in the upmarket Cairo district of Maadi on Wednesday, security sources said.
Egypt...
Sudan bans newspaper edition: editor
Sudanese security forces banned an independent newspaper from publishing its Sunday edition, its editor said, in the latest crackdown against media in...
Donors seek urgent Ivory Coast security reform: source
Major donors to Ivory Coast are in talks with President Alassane Ouattara to urge him to draft a plan for badly needed...
Sudan detains prominent opposition politician
Sudanese security forces arrested prominent opposition politician Farouk Abu Issa at his flat in Khartoum and took him to an unknown location,...
Nigerian Islamist sect suspects killed in gunfight
Nigerian security forces shot dead two suspected members of an Islamist sect in the remote northeast on Wednesday, as authorities attempt to...
Western Sahara clash exposes tensions with Moroccans
Moroccan security forces deployed in the city of Dakhla in the disputed territory of Western Sahara this week after an outburst of...
At least 26 killed in anti-Saleh march in Yemen
At least 26 people were shot dead and hundreds wounded when security forces fired on demonstrators who charged police lines in Yemen's...
Egypt security forces raid unit of Al Jazeera
Security officers raided the offices of an Al Jazeera channel in Egypt and detained some of its staff, the Qatar-based broadcaster said...
Egypt’s Sinai security forces say plan crackdown
Security forces in Egypt's Sinai peninsula say they are launching an operation to control those behind a series of attacks in the...
Some 1400 killed in South Sudan violence: UN
Some 1 400 civilians have been killed in southern Sudan this year, many by ill-disciplined former rebels incorporated into the security forces...
