Tag: civilians

Experts Say ‘Biggest Losers’ Are Sudanese Civilians Trapped in Escalating Hostilities

When brutal fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group on April 15, human rights monitor and freelance videographer Gouja Ahmed never thought leaving his house had turned from an option into a matter of life and death. “There are no means to earn money…


Gang Violence Leaves 11 Dead in Mexican Border City

MEXICO CITY—A gang riot inside a border prison that left two inmates dead quickly spread to the streets of Ciudad Juarez where alleged gang members killed nine more people, including four employees of a radio station, security officials said Friday. The surge in violence recalled a far more deadly period in Juarez more than a…


Sudan’s Burhan Says Army Ousted Government to Avoid Civil War

KHARTOUM—Sudan’s top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan defended the army’s seizure of power on Tuesday, saying he had ousted the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to avoid civil war. Speaking at his first news conference since he announced the takeover on Monday, Burhan accused politicians of incitement against the armed forces. He said Hamdok was…


48 Hours to Get Civilians out of Afghanistan: Former UK Defence Chief

British troops have a window of just 48 hours to evacuate civilians from Afghanistan, according to a former defence chief, if they are to withdraw by the Aug. 31 deadline. Speaking to the Telegraph, Lord David Richards said he was he is “pretty certain” that logistics allow only two more days for civilian rescue efforts…


Ethiopia’s Somali Region Says Town Attacked, Amid New Local Flare Ups

ADDIS ABABA—The local government in Ethiopia’s Somali region said on Tuesday militia from the neighbouring region of Afar had attacked and looted a town, the latest flare-up in a local boundary dispute that adds to broader tensions in the Horn of Africa nation. Ali Bedel, spokesperson for the Somali region government, said Afar militia “massacred…


28 Civilians Killed in Northern Afghan Province as Fighting Intensifies

KABUL—Intense fighting in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz killed at least 28 civilians and injured 290 this week, according to hospital officials, as conflict surges in the war-torn nation while foreign forces withdraw. Ehsanullah Fazli, head of Kunduz’s provincial hospital, said 28 bodies and 290 wounded civilians had been delivered to two local hospitals…


Burkina Faso Says at Least 100 Civilians Killed in Attack

NIAMEY, Niger—Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years. The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahel’s Yagha province, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement blaming jihadists. The local market and several…