March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News

Islamabad, Pakistan: In the 10 days between March 16 and March 26, Pakistan witnessed five different attacks, three in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and two in its southwestern Balochistan province, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people. All five attacks were suicide bombings, in which at least…

Canada launches programme to get citizens out of violence-hit Haiti | Politics News

Canada launches programme to get citizens out of violence-hit Haiti | Politics News

Canada has organised helicopter flights for ‘vulnerable’ citizens to leave Haiti for the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Canada has launched a programme to get its citizens out of Haiti, as the Caribbean nation grapples with a surge in gang violence, political instability and a widening humanitarian crisis. Speaking to reporters in…

‘A criminal economy’: How US arms fuel deadly gang violence in Haiti | Armed Groups News

‘A criminal economy’: How US arms fuel deadly gang violence in Haiti | Armed Groups News

For years, as armed groups plunged Haiti into deeper unrest, human rights advocates and civil society groups have issued a clear demand. Stop the flow of illicit firearms to criminal gangs — especially from the United States. Now, as a surge in deadly gang attacks grips the capital of Port-au-Prince,…

Haiti unrest fuels fear, frustration in tight-knit Haitian diasporas | Armed Groups News

Haiti unrest fuels fear, frustration in tight-knit Haitian diasporas | Armed Groups News

Montreal, Canada – Marjorie Villefranche has never experienced anything like it. For the past six months, the head of Maison d’Haiti (Haiti House), a community centre in Montreal’s St-Michel neighbourhood, has received a wave of unsolicited messages from Haitians, begging for help to leave the country. “‘Get us out of…

Sixteen Nigerian soldiers killed in attack in Delta state | Conflict News

Sixteen Nigerian soldiers killed in attack in Delta state | Conflict News

The soldiers were on a mission to stop the conflict between two communities in the Bomadi region. Sixteen Nigerian soldiers have been killed on a mission to halt clashes between two communities in the southern state of Delta, an army spokesperson said. The troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion deployed…

Who are Haiti’s gangs and what do they want? All you need to know | Armed Groups News

Who are Haiti’s gangs and what do they want? All you need to know | Armed Groups News

Haitian armed groups have dominated global headlines in recent weeks, as gunmen attack police stations, prisons and other institutions in the capital of Port-au-Prince, effectively paralysing the city. But the power of these gangs has long rocked daily life and politics in Haiti, plunging the country into a years-long crisis….

US military airlifts some embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security | Armed Groups News

US military airlifts some embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security | Armed Groups News

The US operation comes amid gang violence that threatens to bring down the government and has led thousands to flee their homes. The US military says it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the Caribbean country amid a state of emergency. It also…

Nigeria abduction: At least 275 pupils missing after gunmen storm school | Armed Groups News

Nigeria abduction: At least 275 pupils missing after gunmen storm school | Armed Groups News

A search and rescue team has been deployed to find the missing children, mostly aged between eight and 15. At least 275 pupils are missing after gunmen attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria in the second mass abduction within a week in the country. Local government officials in Kaduna state…

Dozens of pupils abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s northwest | Armed Groups News

Dozens of pupils abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s northwest | Armed Groups News

Gunmen escape with children from a government primary school in Kuriga town in Kaduna state. Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped dozens of pupils as they were about to start the school day, local residents and authorities say. Police in Kaduna state did not immediately comment…