Tag: Unrest
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 ...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 ...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 ...‘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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...Ethiopia Gunmen ‘Kill More Than 100’
Ethiopia gunmen have killed more than 100.
