Tag Archives: Armed Groups

 ISIL group claims Nigeria bombing, says about 30 killed or hurt For over a decade, parts of the north have been under attack by a variety of armed groups, including Boko Haram and its splinter groups. ISIL affiliate the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for ...

 Blast kills three, injures 19 in market in northeast Nigeria Armed groups have been carrying out attacks against communities and security targets across northern Nigeria. Three people were killed and 19 injured after an explosion at a crowded market in Nigeria’s Taraba state in the country’s northeast, local police have ...

 UN rights office urges Colombia to prosecute over deadly raid Colombia say March operation targeted rebel dissidents, but rights groups reported at least four civilians were killed. The United Nations’s human rights body has urged Colombia to prosecute those responsible for a military raid that resulted in the deaths of ...

 Benin: Five soldiers killed in national park attack The attack is the latest in a string of deadly attacks in northern Benin by groups linked with al-Qaeda and ISIL. Five soldiers were killed in an attack by suspected an armed group possibly linked to ISIL or al-Qaeda in a national ...

 EU winds down military training operations in Mali The European bloc is involved in two training missions in Mali – the EUTM and the EUCAP – to coach soldiers and police. The European Union has decided to suspend crucial military training programmes in Mali, as relations between Western forces and ...

 Nigeria: Gunmen attack kills at least 50 in Plateau state The state shares a border with Kaduna state, currently a haven for criminal gangs known locally as bandits. At least 50 people have been killed and dozens abducted by gunmen in Plateau state in central Nigeria, residents and a community ...

 Nigeria: Families of missing train passengers bemoan govt silence Almost two weeks after an attack on a Nigerian passenger train killed eight people and more than 150 remain missing, families say they are yet to get updates from the Nigerian government. On March 28, suspected bandits detonated a bomb on ...

 ‘Bandits’ kill 10 soldiers in attack on Nigerian military facility Over the last decade, groups of armed bandits have kidnapped and killed hundreds of people across northwest Nigeria. At least 10 soldiers have been killed and an unconfirmed number of others wounded after an attack by armed groups locally known ...

 M23 rebels attack military positions in eastern DR Congo The clashes were reported near the villages of Tshanzu and Runyoni, about 50km (31 miles) northeast of Goma. Fighters from a rebel group attacked an army position in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) conflict-torn east overnight, triggering heavy fighting, a ...

 DR Congo: Fourteen killed in machete attack in Ituri province Seven children, including a two-year-old girl, and five women aged between 25 and 32 were killed, says Red Cross. Fourteen people, including seven children, have been killed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Red Cross has ...