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  • Ethiopia calls on citizens to fight in Tigray war

    All eligible civilians should join the military to stop Tigray forces ‘once and for all’, PM Abiy Ahmed the TPLF [Eduardo Soteras/AFP] Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has issued a call for all eligible civilians Two officials with Afar’s regional government put the death toll in Galicoma at more than 200, but that “The victims are civilians who had no role in the conflict.” Ethiopian officials have seized on the deaths in Galicoma as proof of the TPLF’s disregard for the worsening

  • Paramilitary Shelling Kills Six in Sudan’s North Darfur

    The shelling “resulted in the deaths of six unarmed civilians so far, with other injuries yet to be counted “This attack… struck the crowded market while civilians were shopping for Ramadan necessities,” the committee

  • Somalia's Human Rights Crisis Deepens

    rights challenges, including restrictions on freedom of expression, forced evictions, abuses against civilians highlighted restrictions on independent reporting, continued forced evictions in Mogadishu and abuses against civilians accountability mechanisms, impartial investigations into alleged abuses and improved protection for civilians

  • UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine

    struck a busy street in the city centre, damaging residential buildings, an educational facility and civilian devastating pattern of similar assaults on Ukrainian cities and towns in recent weeks, resulting in civilian The Secretary-General underlined that attacks against civilians and civilian objects are prohibited under hit a busy street in the city centre, damaging residential buildings, an educational facility, and civilian He recalled that international humanitarian law strictly prohibits attacks against civilians and civilian

  • Nigerian Governor Sides with Citizens Against Terror

    So-called Fulani bandits reportedly murdered 12,039 civilians, and Fulani herdsmen killed 11,948 people In contrast, Boko Haram and ISWAP caused 3,079 civilian deaths during the same period. This translates to an average of 7,820 Christian deaths annually, 650 monthly, and 22 daily. During the two-hour raid, civilian defenders attempted to confront the invaders on the village’s outskirts Mutfwang also commended local civilian defense efforts.

  • Killings of protesters continue in Colombian city of Cali

    The deaths come as Colombia’s federal government sends hundreds of troops to restore order in the southwestern city, where clashes between protesters and civilians who oppose antigovernment demonstrations and roadblocks resulted in at least five deaths last week. killed on Friday amid protests that included the looting of an office building, and clashes in which civilians were marked at first by cases of police abuse, but have also been affected recently by clashes between civilians

  • South Sudan's offensive against opposition forces

    recent weeks, has announced a major military operation against opposition forces, raising fears for civilian The announcement came a day after a senior army commander was filmed urging his troops to kill civilians gravely alarmed by reports of inflammatory rhetoric and actions" that could incite violence against civilians army announced its offensive, a senior military commander was filmed urging his forces to kill all civilians Armed groups in South Sudan, including the military, have repeatedly been implicated in civilian abuses

  • Somali drone strikes may be war crimes: Amnesty

    May 7, 2024 [Getty Images] Fourteen children killed and 17 civilians injured Another 17 civilians were injured in the strikes: 11 children, two women and four men. “In Somalia, civilians have borne the brunt of suffering in war far too often. These horrific deaths must not be overlooked. The first strike on the farm killed and injured several civilians.

  • UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine

    killings and destruction across Ukraine, following a weekend of deadly attacks that left at least 14 civilians In addition, civilian detainees should be released as soon as the lawful reason for their detention ceases Relief, but also loss High Commissioner Türk welcomed the recent exchange of prisoners of war and civilian Nearly 900 prisoners of war and 120 civilians from each side were exchanged. “Attacks on civilian areas must end, and children must always be protected,” Mr.

  • Whole families dead in recent Syria violence, says UN

    A spokesman told reporters that the UN had so far verified the killing of 111 civilians since last Thursday A monitoring group has reported that more than 1,200 civilians, most of them Alawites, have been killed He said the UN, using strict verification methods, had so far documented the killings of 90 male civilians They clashed with security forces, reportedly resulting in dozens of civilian casualties, including patients The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said its civilian death toll had

  • Rwanda-backed M23 militia massacres 300 in DR Congo

    The Washington Post August 20, 2025 By Katharine Houreld Rwandan-backed M23 rebels killed scores of civilians An armed M23 fighter stands near civilians in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on July 24. (Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images) Rwandan-backed fighters from the M23 rebel group killed scores of civilians in at least 14 villages and small farming communities” in mid-July, and that the death toll could exceed M23 has now prohibited locals from farming on pain of death, three residents said.

  • UN Report: Rights Violations Against Ukraine Escalating

    . © UNOCHA/Serhii Morozov 30 June 2025 I Human Rights Civilian casualties and violations in Ukraine have It covers the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2025, during which 986 civilians were killed and The use of short-range drones is driving the rise in civilian casualties, the report said. OHCHR  verified that 207 civilians were killed and 1,365 injured in these attacks. Among the deadliest incidents was a Russian drone strike on a civilian bus transporting employees of

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