Fighting escalates around DR Congo’s Uvira despite M23 withdrawal claims
Fighting has intensified in recent days around the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Uvira, despite claims by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group...
News discovery
Find the stories that matter to you.
Results for
58 found
“militia”
BREAKING: AFC/M23 Rebels Announce Withdrawal from Uvira After U.S. Pressure on Rwanda
Congo’s M23 rebel group said on Monday it would “unilaterally withdraw†its forces from the strategic eastern city of Uvira, following what it describe...
Nigerian soldiers open fire on protesters in the northeast, killing 9, witnesses say
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the northeastern Adamawa stateNigerian Army s...
Horror as 57 killed and 65 injured in brutal slaughter for 5,000 cows
An armed gang killed at least 57 people after a brutal attack on villages following a dawn raid. The incident took place in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, a local...
Venezuela announces ‘massive mobilization’ of military forces as America’s largest warship sails into region
Members of the Bolivarian National Militia attend a military drill, amid rising tensions with the United States, in Naguanagua, Venezuela in October.Venezuela says it is...
Russia Says It’s Considering Venezuela’s Requests for Assistance Amid US Military Buildup in the Caribbean
A Russian lawmaker has said Moscow recently delivered air defenses to VenezuelaRussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that Moscow was prepare...
M23 Rebels Regain Control of Key Territory in South Kivu After Clashes With Wazalendo Militias.
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo — Rebel forces of the March 23 Movement (M23) and allied militias have regained control of the Luhago groupement in South Kivu...
Gunmen Attack Kasese Barracks, Bundibugyo.
Ugandan security forces are investigating an overnight attack on a police barracks in Kasese District after unidentified gunmen opened fire and set a police house ablaze...
ICC opening its war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony
International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph K...
Museveni Calls for Elections in Libya, Slams Foreign Interference
President Museveni has renewed calls for a permanent ceasefire and democratic elections in Libya, while harshly criticising continued foreign interference in the country�...