Boko Haram militants have shot dead 24 women at a funeral in Nigeria’s northeast, rampaging a village, setting houses on fire and shooting at random, witnesses and local government officials said on Friday.
Burma-Myanmar: Burma army raids Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) base
The Burma Army has seized two guns and a handheld transceiver from a Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) base on Thursday afternoon in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State.
This was a surprise raid in what has been, over the last twenty years, a zone of largely quiet coexistence between the Burma Army and the non-state ethnic armed group.
Central African Republic: Fresh violence between Christian militias and Muslim fighters kills several and forces thousands to flee
Fresh violence in northwest Central African Republic this week has killed several people and forced thousands from their homes, with many seeking refuge in neighbouring Chad and Cameroon, the United Nations said on Friday.
The spate of attacks and reprisals took place in Ngaoundaye, about 500 km (300 miles) northwest of the capital, between groups backed by Christian militias and herders supported by Muslim fighters, said the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA).
Friday, 17 June, 2016
Iraq: Iraqi forces retake Falluja city hall
Iraqi government forces have retaken the main government compound in the city of Falluja from Islamic State (IS) militants, a top commander has said.
Lt Gen Abdul Wahhab al-Saadi told the BBC that elite Counter Terrorism Force troops and rapid response forces had “liberated” the city council building.
United Arab Emirates: War is over for Emirati troops in Yemen
The United Arab Emirates says the “war is over” for its troops in Yemen, though it may continue to keep them there for “counterterrorism operations”.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince and supreme commander of the UAE armed forces, carried the announcement on his official Twitter account late on Wednesday.
Thursday, 16 June, 2016
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Several dead in clashes between army and former rebels
Several people were killed in clashes between the army and former rebels at a military base in the Democratic Republic of Congo Wednesday, officials said.
Tension had been mounting for days at the military base in Kamina, in the southeast, where more than 2,000 former rebels from various groups are stationed as part of a government disarmament programme.
Wednesday, 15 June, 2016
Iran: Clashes between Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) forces in Baluchistan and Kurdistan
Bloody clashes between Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and opposition forces rocked the tense areas of Kurdistan and Baluchistan on Monday.
In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, sources close to the opposition rejected all information provided by state media outlets on the ongoing clashes, adding that they would soon reveal the truth behind bloody developments in the Iranian cities of Sardasht in Kurdistan and Khash in Baluchistan.