One person was killed and four others injured on Sunday by suspected anti-talk NDFB (Songbijit) insurgents who exploded two grenades and fired indiscriminately at Molandubi Market in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, police said.
Sunday, 15 December, 2013
India: 1 killed and 4 injured in grenades attack by suspected insurgents of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam
Syria: Al-Nusra Front jihadists and salafis seize christian village of Kanaye
Al-Nusra jihadists and salafi militants this night sized syrian christian village of Kanaye forcing population to obey the sharia and women to wear islamic veil, subject to immediate execution.
Saturday, 14 December, 2013
Democratic Republic of Congo: UN troops launched offensive against Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels
UN peacekeeping troops in Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an offensive against Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels operating in the eastern part of the country, the UN command said Wednesday.
“MONUSCO’s intervention brigade launched operations against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) yesterday, Tuesday, in Kalembe, in the Masisi region,” the mission said on Twitter.
Thursday, 12 December, 2013
Democratic Republic of Congo: Government signs peace deal with M23 rebels
The Congolese government signed a peace deal on Thursday with the M23 rebels it had been fighting until they laid down their arms last month, ending weeks of wrangling over the terms of an agreement.
The deal apparently concludes the most serious rebellion in Congo in a decade but analysts say the region remains fragile, not least because the agreement does not address the status of other armed groups.
Wednesday, 11 December, 2013
Central African Republic: Ugandan troops capture 19 Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels
Joseph Kony, LRA’s chief, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity [Getty Images]
Uganda troops have captured 19 Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in Central African Republic (CAR), the African Union said, a sizeable victory in the hunt for the elusive rebel group.
The Ugandan army is leading a US-backed African Union force tasked with capturing the LRA’s leaders, several of whom are wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Tuesday, 10 December, 2013
Mali: French forces kill 19 Islamist fighters in northern Mali
French forces have killed 19 Islamist fighters during security operations in Mali’s northern region of Timbuktu, according to a senior French officer in the West African nation..
Pockets of al Qaeda-linked fighters are still holding out across the north of the country, nearly a year into a French offensive aimed at driving them from the desert region they occupied for most of 2012 after hijacking a rebellion by Tuareg separatists.
Philippines: Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels sign power-sharing accord
Philippine officials have signed a power-sharing accord with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group and expect to sign a final peace pact with the insurgents next month to end a decadeslong rebellion in the volatile south.
The accord, which outlines the powers of a Muslim autonomous government in a region to be called Bangsamoro, was signed Sunday by negotiators for the government and the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Malaysia, which has been brokering the talks, officials said Monday.