Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people | Al-Qaeda News

Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people | Al-Qaeda News

Attack on police training academy and nearby airport one of the worst since unrest began more than a decade ago. More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources….

How did Hezbollah get the pagers that exploded in Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

How did Hezbollah get the pagers that exploded in Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hundreds of pagers belonging to the armed group Hezbollah exploded on Tuesday in Lebanon, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 2,750. Some pagers belonging to Hezbollah also exploded in Syria, leading to some injuries. Lebanon, Hezbollah and the group’s allies have all blamed Israel. But what really happened? Many…

Ethnic violence flares again in India’s Manipur state | Armed Groups

Ethnic violence flares again in India’s Manipur state | Armed Groups

NewsFeed Violence has flared between two ethnic communities in India’s Manipur state, leaving at least six people dead and several villages destroyed. The predominantly Hindu-majority Meitei and mainly Christian Kukis have fought for more than a year over economic benefits and quotas. Published On 8 Sep 20248 Sep 2024 Check…

Myanmar regime labels key ethnic armed groups ‘terrorist’ organisations | Conflict News

Myanmar regime labels key ethnic armed groups ‘terrorist’ organisations | Conflict News

The designation bans anyone from joining or having contact with the MNDAA, TNLA and the Arakan Army. The Myanmar military has designated three major ethnic armed groups that have advanced across swaths of northern and western Myanmar over the past year as “terrorist” groups. The designation was made on September…

Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso? | Armed Groups News

Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso? | Armed Groups News

Around 200 people have been killed and 140 injured in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho, the latest in a long line of deadly attacks by an al-Qaeda-linked armed group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM). Women and children were among those killed on Saturday. Barsalogho lies near the town of Kaya,…

‘They rape us before we can cross’: Women, girls fleeing violence in Mali | Armed Groups

‘They rape us before we can cross’: Women, girls fleeing violence in Mali | Armed Groups

Ayourou, Niger – It was just a few minutes before 7 o’clock on a Friday evening in early June when Kani* and 10 others fleeing violence in northeastern Mali arrived at a checkpoint in Labbezanga, close to the border with Niger. Six armed men, three of them wearing military fatigues,…

Seven dead, dozens missing after attack in northern Nigeria | Armed Groups News

Seven dead, dozens missing after attack in northern Nigeria | Armed Groups News

Residents say gunmen on motorbikes arrived in Maidabino village in Katsina state and started shooting sporadically. At least seven people were killed and 100 kidnapped on Saturday night when gunmen attacked a rural community in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, residents and police said on Sunday, in the latest attack against…

‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique | Human Rights News

‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique | Human Rights News

Palma, Mozambique – It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* heard pops of gunfire and explosions: The fighters were coming. As her neighbours made frantic telephone calls trying to warn loved ones before running wildly away, Salama locked the door to her house to keep looters…

Dozens killed near Sudan’s capital as UN warns of soaring displacement | Conflict News

Dozens killed near Sudan’s capital as UN warns of soaring displacement | Conflict News

Attack in Khartoum’s sister city of Omdurman comes as UN says internal displacement across Sudan is nearing 10 million. Pro-democracy activists in Sudan say about 40 people have been killed in “violent artillery fire” by paramilitary forces in the twin city of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, as fighting and displacement…