Category: Human Rights

Three Malian Army Bases Simultaneously Attacked

Six soldiers are dead and 20 wounded after Malian Army bases in the central cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho were simultaneously attacked this morning by suspected terrorists. An army press release says that the bases in the cities of Sévaré, Niono, …

Clashes Kill Eight in Sudan’s Darfur: Aid Group

Clashes between Arab tribesmen and ethnic minority farmers in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region have killed eight people and wounded 16, an aid group said on Saturday.The fighting broke out on Friday in Krink, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the West D…

Ghana: Eight killed as gunmen raid Fulani settlements near Yendi

YENDI (Ghana), Eight people have been killed and several others missing after an attack Wednesday afternoon on a village of Fulani herders at Zakoli near Yendi in Ghana’s Northern Region. The gunmen surrounded the village at about 1 pm, according to a …

7 Police Officers, 4 Soldiers Die in Niger Attacks

Seven Niger police officers and four soldiers were killed on Tuesday in two separate attacks near the country’s borders with Burkina Faso and Libya, the government said Wednesday.Niger’s interior ministry said “unidentified armed bandits” attacked the …

Journalists Arrested While Covering Prison Scuffle in Somaliland

Police in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region arrested at least seven journalists Wednesday, including a VOA reporter, as they covered a prison scuffle in the region’s capital, Hargeisa.VOA Somali stringer Sagal Mustafe Hassan was freed after a short…