The Nigerian Army killed approximately 600 people after a Boko Haram attack on a military barracks, according to Amnesty International.
The military raid in the city of Maiduguri saw escaped detainees captured and killed, eyewitnesses told Amnesty.
South Korea: South and North Korea exchange live fire near western sea border
The two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across the western maritime border on Monday after the North staged a live-fire drill that sent artillery shells into southern waters and prompted the evacuation of South Korean islanders.
The North fired about 500 rounds of artillery shells into waters north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea from 12:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
Sunday, 30 March, 2014
Yemen: Pro-government militiamen killed in an al-Qaeda ambush
Two members of Yemen’s auxiliary Popular Resistance Committees were killed in an overnight ambush by presumed al-Qaeda members in the south, a member of the pro-government militia said on Sunday.
He said the men were gunned down on the road between Loder and Moudia northeast of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province.
Central African Republic: Chadian peacekeepers kill 30 civilians in Bangui capital
Officials say Chadian soldiers killed more than 30 civilians in Central African Republic’s strife-torn capital city.
Jean-Pierre Sadou, a gendarmerie official with the regional peacekeeping force, could not confirm the death toll from Saturday’s violence but said the Chadian soldiers’ actions were a “legitimate defense” after their convoy was attacked by grenades.
Syria: Syrian authorities release 500 rebels in Daraa
The Syrian authorities released 500 rebels who recently surrendered themselves to the army on Saturday in the country’s southern province of Daraa, as part of the government’s reconciliation efforts, the official SANA news agency reported.
The 500 rebels were released in the town of Sanamain in Daraa, SANA said, adding that the release process took place with the presence of Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun who urged them to support their government in order to end the “terrorism” in Syria.
Friday, 28 March, 2014
Burma-Myanmar: Battles resume in northern Shan State
After a period of relative calm in Kachin and northern Shan State, fighting resumes on Monday in KIA-controlled area in northern Shan State.
A series of battles took place between KIA’s 34th Battalion troops and an unknown Burmese army column at Man Yan and Man Hkang area in Momeik Township, northern Shan State on Monday at 7:50 am and once again at 1 pm.
Ukraine: Almost 100,000 Russian soldiers massed on Ukraine borders
Nearly 100,000 Russian forces have massed on Ukraine’s border, a top Ukrainian defense official told an American audience Thursday, giving a number far higher than US military estimates.
“Almost 100,000 soldiers are stationed on the borders of Ukraine and in the direction … of Kharkiv, Donetsk,” Andriy Parubiy, chairman of Ukraine’s national security council, said via a webcast from Kiev.