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World
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Africa
7/5/2022 8:34:40 PM
An Ethiopian rebel group on Tuesday denied accusations it was responsible for a massacre of civilians in the restive far west of the country, and pointed the finger of blame instead at government-allied militias.
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World
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Africa
6/24/2022 4:29:23 PM
An Ethiopian rebel group called Friday for an independent probe into mass killings in the west of the country, saying the government could not be trusted to carry out an impartial investigation.
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World
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Africa
6/21/2022 11:04:38 AM
Suspected jihadists massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the Sahel region.
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World
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Africa
6/17/2022 7:04:17 PM
Islamic State-linked jihadists, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have expanded their reach recently, marking their presence with an unprecedented series of civilian massacres.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
6/16/2022 12:52:52 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that there are signs of war crimes in a Kyiv suburb following ``massacres'' by Russian forces.
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World
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Region
6/6/2022 5:31:18 PM
At least 20 people have been killed in a new massacre in DR Congo's eastern province of Ituri, a respected monitor said on Monday, adding that the notorious ADF militia were suspected.
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World
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International
6/4/2022 11:12:16 AM
From the Texas school massacre to a Tulsa hospital shooting and many less-reported incidents, a recent spate of gun violence across America bears out a trend police departments have long sworn by: murders go up in warmer weather.
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World
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Africa
5/31/2022 4:23:30 PM
Civilian deaths and rights abuses attributable to the Malian armed forces surged in the first quarter of 2022, a United Nations report said on Monday.
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World
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International
5/25/2022 8:07:04 PM
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly set in motion a pair of firearms background-check bills Wednesday in response to the school massacre in Texas. But the Democrat acknowledged Congress’ unyielding rejection of previous legislation to curb the national epidemic of gun violence.
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World
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Africa
4/23/2022 5:59:42 PM
When abuses were reported in recent weeks in Mali _ fake graves designed to discredit French forces; a massacre of some 300 people, mostly civilians - all evidence pointed to the shadowy mercenaries of Russia's Wagner Group.
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World
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Africa
4/7/2022 6:13:02 PM
A UN envoy on Thursday demanded access to the Malian village of Moura, site of an alleged massacre last month by local forces and suspected Russian fighters.
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World
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Africa
4/3/2022 11:39:19 PM
The US State Department said Sunday it was following "extremely disturbing" accounts of killings in central Mali after the Sahel state's military said it killed over 200 militants in the volatile region.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2022 3:48:39 PM
Twelve people who have been held for four years over a 2018 massacre in a troubled Senegalese region have been released, their lawyer said on Monday.
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World
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International
12/30/2021 11:38:11 AM
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemned last week's massacre in Myanmar of more than 30 people, including two Save the Children staff, that was blamed on junta troops.
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World
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International
12/28/2021 7:29:00 PM
The United States renewed calls Tuesday for an arms embargo on Myanmar's junta after a Christmas Eve massacre in which Save the Children said two of the group's staff were killed.
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World
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International
12/28/2021 5:04:07 PM
The humanitarian group Save the Children said Tuesday it has confirmed that two of its staff were among at least 35 people, including children, who were killed in eastern Myanmar on Christmas Eve in an attack it blamed on the country's military.
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World
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Africa
12/27/2021 11:40:54 AM
With Tigrayan rebels announcing a retreat to their stronghold in northernmost Ethiopia last week, fresh hopes have emerged of a possible end to the 13-month war marked by allegations of massacres and mass rapes.
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World
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International
12/26/2021 9:03:00 PM
A UN official said Sunday he was "horrified" by credible reports that at least 35 civilians, possibly including two aid workers, were killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar, and demanded the government launch an investigation.
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World
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International
12/21/2021 7:29:27 PM
Hundreds of indigenous people defied a state of siege on Tuesday and blocked a major road in Guatemala's west for the second successive day, demanding the government resolve a bloody century-old land dispute.
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World
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Africa
11/18/2021 2:40:00 PM
At least 25 people were killed by suspected extremist gunmen in southwest Niger, the government said Wednesday.
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