Tag: Rebellions and uprisings
Southern African leaders meet in Mozambique on rebel threat
JOHANNESBURG — Southern African leaders are meeting in Mozambique’s capital Maputo on Thursday to discuss ways to respond to the violence by Islamic extremist...
Sudan official: Death toll in Darfur clashes rises to 132
CAIRO — The death toll from tribal violence in Sudan’s restive Darfur region has climbed to 132 as looting continued on Thursday, a local...
Group says death toll now 50 from clashes in Sudan’s Darfur
CAIRO — The death toll from tribal violence in Sudan’s Darfur region climbed to at least 50 as sporadic clashes continued on Tuesday, a...
Medical group says tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill 18
CAIRO — Tribal clashes that erupted over the weekend between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region have killed at least 18 people,...
EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?
JOHANNESBURG — With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of...
Lawsuits: SC officials ignored risks ahead of prison riot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A slew of new lawsuits accuse South Carolina prisons officials of negligence and constitutional rights violations in a 2018 riot in...
UN: Shipwreck off Libya leaves 2 women, 3 children drowned
CAIRO — A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya's coast, drowning two women and three children, a U.N. official said Wednesday....
UN: Shipwreck off Libya leaves 2 women, 3 children drowned
CAIRO — A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya's coast, drowning two women and three children, a U.N. official said Wednesday....
Embattled Central African Republic president begins 2nd term
BANGUI, Central African Republic — President Faustin Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second term Tuesday in Central African Republic as he faces...
Rebels leave beheaded bodies in streets of Mozambique town
JOHANNESBURG — Fierce fighting for control of Mozambique's strategic northern town of Palma left beheaded bodies strewn in the streets Monday, with heavily armed...