Photo: REUTERS Attackers in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed at least 16 civilians The DRC’s Catholic Church says the ADF has massacred nearly 6,000 civilians since 2013, with the toll respected United States-based monitor of violence in the eastern DRC, blames the ADF for more than 1,200 deaths Under the move, senior civilian officials were replaced by army officers.

Mozambique’s government has said dozens of civilians were killed in an attack this week on the northern Human Rights Watch said the attackers indiscriminately shot civilians in their homes and on the streets “We understand that a lot of civilians are fleeing the insecurity and violence,” Laura Tomm-Bonde, of “Initial reports indicate that civilian population has been fleeing Palma in all directions, some all The worsening violence has left at least 2,600 people dead, half of them civilians, according to the

Vergnes/AFP] The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) says six civilians Several civilians were also wounded in the attack, the spokesperson said.

-backed Nigerian military has been killing civilians in airstrikes at an alarming pace, security analysts on its own soil has come with a cascade of more than a dozen accidents that have killed hundreds of civilians northeast to armed gangs locally known as bandits across the whole north who pilfer, kill or kidnap civilians The army quickly admitted responsibility, saying it had mistaken the crowds of civilians for a gathering of the New York edition with the headline: Repeated Errant Strikes By Nigerian Army Take Escalating Civilian

despite promises by the military to tackle the insurgency Source:AFP via GETTY IMAGES At least 130 civilians says the "massacre", following an operation led by Burkinabè special forces, resulted in widespread civilian deaths and displacement of ethnic Fulanis. on Monday, there were reports of more militant attacks over the weekend with dozens of military and civilian "Mass killings of civilians by government security forces, militias, and Islamist armed groups amount

April 9, 2025 [-/AFP via Getty Images] The UN human rights office is concerned about the protection of civilians in Lebanon as Israeli military operations have continued to kill civilians since the ceasefire came “Israeli military operations in Lebanon continue to kill and injure civilians, and destroy civilian infrastructure , raising concerns regarding the protection of civilians,” the spokesperson for the UN Office for the At least 71 civilians — including 14 women and nine children — have been killed by Israeli forces in

Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), oil during the - Copyright © africanews SOULEYMANE Several civilians Strategic Framework (CSP), an alliance of predominantly Tuareg armed groups, reported in a press release 14 deaths witnesses, speaking mostly on condition of anonymity for their safety, spoke of six, seven or nine deaths Since July, it has withdrawn nearly 6,000 civilian and uniformed personnel from Mali.

The African Union should ramp up its engagement in Mali to help protect civilians from abuses by all The AU should ramp up its engagement in Mali to help protect civilians from abuses by all the warring withdrew in 2023 at the request of Mali’s military junta, increasing concerns about protecting civilians The hostilities have resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians and forcibly displaced 350,000 one of whom was armed, entered Belidanédji, a village in a JNIM-controlled area, and beat at least twenty

doctors group urges urgent international action By Adel Abdelrheem and Betul Yilmaz At least 31 Sudanese civilians It appealed to the international community to take urgent action to rescue the remaining civilians by RSF has been battling the Sudanese army forces for control of the country, resulting in thousands of deaths Research from US scholars, however, estimates the death toll at around 130,000.

Bodies of persons shot and killed by Israeli troops ordered to fire on Palestinian civilians seeking Intentionally shooting and killing unarmed civilians seeking food constitutes “a likely war crime” that “Desperate, hungry people in Gaza continue to face the inhumane choice of either starving to death or The official death toll of Israel’s war on Gaza, as reported by the Gaza Health Ministry, stands at more estimated that the real number is likely closer to 64,000 dead from direct attacks, with the number of deaths

        24 February 2025 marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ), more than 12,600 civilians

AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – The  Rwanda -backed M23 armed group summarily executed at least 21 civilians Human Rights Watch verified the identities of six victims, all civilians and neighborhood residents.  Military commanders and civilian officials can also be held criminally liable for crimes committed by between the M23 and Rwandan forces against the Congolese military and allied armed groups has exposed civilians The court’s investigation should include the executions of civilians in Goma by M23 fighters, Human Rights