Civilians

Salwa Abdallah was recuperating from a caesarean section and tending to her one-month old baby when soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces barged into her home in Sudan's eastern El Gezira state late last month. They accused her of…

Alpha, a young Congolese is posted on a hill in Saké, a town in eastern DRC. Beyond these hills, in Saké, estern DRC, fighters from the M23 rebel group lurk. The rebels are among more than 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the…

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says it has deployed troops to secure a corridor for people fleeing more violence in the east. The mission, MONUSCO, said some 1,000 displaced people have been…

Burkina Faso's ruling military regime on Monday accused terrorist groups of carrying out massacres against civilians in the north of the country, urging people to "give no credence" to images of abuses committed by armed men portrayed as…

The warring parties in Sudan signed an agreement in Saudi Arabia to clear corridors for trapped civilians to leave the fighting zones while allowing humanitarian aid to enter. This declaration of principle is contained in a four-page…

The Gambian government charged two civilians and a police officer in connection with an alleged coup attempt, a government spokesperson said in a statement. Civilians Mustapha Jabbi and Saikuba Jabbi and Sub-inspector Fakebba Jawara of…

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 29-30 according to preliminary findings, the UN mission in the country said. Authorities in Kinshasa had said that some 300 people, almost all…

India has held funeral rites for 15 civilians mistakenly killed by its security forces in the northeastern state of Nagaland, amid intense security aimed at damping fresh unrest in the remote region. Security and government officials…