Tag: Unrest
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33 killed in DR Congo crackdown on rebels
Bunia, DR Congo, (23rd March, 2021, 11:10 pm)(AFP/APP):Twenty-seven rebels, five civilians and a soldier have died in a two-day military operation against a notorious armed group in eastern DR Congo, the army said on Tuesday. The 27 slain members of the CODECO militia include “one of its major commanders, Malo-Maki,” Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, the army’s…
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Dozens stage protests over kidnapped students in Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria, (20th March, 2021, 10:50 pm)(AFP/APP):Protesters blocked a highway outside the northwest Nigerian city of Kaduna on Monday to demand the release of kidnapped students. Several dozen protesters barricaded the road outside the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation on the city’s outskirts, disrupting traffic, an AFP journalist saw. Gunmen are still holding 39 college…
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US hits Myanmar with fresh sanctions over ‘repression’ of protests
Washington, (22th March, 2021, 09:55 pm) (AFP/APP):The United States targeted Myanmar’s police chief and an army special operations commander with sanctions on Monday over the government’s deadly tactics in putting down pro-democracy protests. The US Treasury placed sanctions on Police Chief Than Hlaing and Lieutenant General Aung Soe, saying both were responsible for using…
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‘Bandit’ attacks kill 13 in northwest Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria, (20th March, 2021, 01:04 am) (AFP/APP):Gunmen from criminal gangs have killed 13 people and injured seven others in series of attacks in northwest Nigeria, in the latest violence plaguing the region, a local government official said on Friday. Nigeria’s northwest and central states have been hit by a wave of mass abductions and…
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At least 138 ‘peaceful protesters’ killed in Myanmar since coup: UN
United Nations, United States, March 15 (AFP/APP):At least 138 people have been killed protesting against a military coup in Myanmar since February 1, the United Nations said Monday, condemning the violent crackdown against “peaceful” demonstrators including women and children. “This includes 38 people who were killed yesterday, the majority in the Hlaing Thayer area of…
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Bangladesh court orders probe into cartoonist torture claims
Dhaka, March 14 (AFP/APP):A court in Bangladesh on Sunday ordered a probe into claims by a formerly jailed cartoonist that he was tortured before police detained him under the country’s harsh internet laws, his lawyer said. Ahmed Kabir Kishore, 45, was arrested in May 2020 under the controversial laws and charged with carrying out anti-state…
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Twin Burkina Faso attacks kill three
Ouagadougou, March 14 (AFP/APP):Three people including one police officer were killed during two attacks in Burkina Faso, security sources said Sunday, the latest violence in its jihadist insurgency. In one attack, two police officers were ambushed Saturday in the town of Batie in the southwest of the country while investigating reports of unidentified gunmen, a…
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Two people die and hundreds arested in Niger Unrest
Niamey, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Two people have died in unrest in Niger and hundreds have been arrested since the results of presidential elections were announced on Tuesday, Interior Minister Alkache Alhada said. “The toll is two dead,” he told reporters on Thursday, adding that 468 arrests had been made. Ravichandran Ashwin went past 400 Test wickets as India…
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UK sanctions four Zimbabwe leaders
London, Feb 1 (AFP/APP):Britain on Monday slapped sanctions on four Zimbabwean officials following the deaths of at least 23 people protesting against the regime of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Applying a new sanctions regime following its exit from the European Union, Britain said the travel bans and asset freezes showed it was determined to protect human…
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Ethiopia Gunmen ‘Kill More Than 100’
Ethiopia gunmen have killed more than 100.