Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers says the army has executing civilians suspected of supporting Copyright AP Photo The UN has condemned reports of extrajudicial killings of civilians in Sudan's capital Emergency Lawyers said in a statement earlier this week that the army had carried out field executions of civilians Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) cited similar videos reportedly showing armed men "executing civilians At least 20,000 people have been killed in the war, although experts believe the true death toll is significantly

Between February and April 2025, Amnesty International interviewed 18 former civilian detainees – all Amnesty International is calling on M23 to immediately release arbitrarily detained civilians, including We will take your wife, and we will impregnate her.’ “ In Kanyaruchinya, M23 detained a civilian in late Before his death at a hospital in Goma, he described to a family member how M23 fighters had pinned his Moreover, M23’s detention of civilians to compel them or their family members to pay for their release

IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur migration agency has called for a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor to help tens of thousands of civilians that there is a ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor, so that aid groups can bring in that aid to the civilians

By Abdullahi Jimoh Burkina Faso’s military and allied militias allegedly tortured and massacred civilians The death toll is believed to be in the dozens. the videos told AFP that the massacre aligns with the military’s ongoing strategy of targeting Fulani civilians Over half of those deaths occurred after Burkina Faso’s September 2022 military coup. Human Rights Watch estimates that Burkina Faso’s army and its militias killed at least 1,000 civilians

. © UNOCHA/Viktoriia Andriievska 31 July 2025 I   Peace and Security At least 11 civilians were killed Unprecedented civilian toll This attack follows a wave of violence close and far from the frontline, including weekend assaults that killed at least 20 civilians and injured over 120, a prison attack on Monday  that killed 16 inmates, a hospital strike that killed three and the death of five civilians All efforts must be taken to protect civilians. They are not a target.”   © 2025 United Nations

or above, though the actual death toll was sometimes  much higher . , which forbids soldiers to put any civilians at risk; Level One, which allows up to five civilian deaths or if their deaths had occurred over several days. Several  burned to death , including Shaaban al-Dalou, a 19-year-old university student, who was filmed Shaaban al-Dalou, 19, burned to death after Israel struck a hospital compound.Credit ...Al-Dalou family

to remain highly volatile, with intensified airstrikes across multiple regions leading to dozens of civilian Between 15 and 17 January, airstrikes and clashes in the southeast reportedly resulted in nine deaths injured a further 25, while in the northwest, airstrikes last week reportedly claimed the lives of 19 civilians OCHA expressed grave concern for the safety of civilians, highlighting the heightened risks faced by parties to the conflict to comply with international humanitarian law and ensure the protection of civilians

More than 100 civilians have been killed in attacks by suspected armed rebels in central Mali, the government At least 132 civilians were killed and some of the perpetrators have been identified, it added. It said the civilians were “coldly killed by fighters of the Macina Katiba of Amadou Kouffa”, an organisation Mali and the central Sahel region have for months faced a string of civilian massacres blamed on armed Since the beginning of the year, several hundred civilians have died in attacks in central and northern

By: AFP - Agence France Presse Two civilians were killed in Cameroon after being shot by soldiers, the International monitors and the United Nations say both sides have committed abuses, including crimes against civilians the North West, 15 of whom were children, according to UN figures. https://www.barrons.com/news/two-civilians-shot-by-soldiers-in-breakaway-cameroon-region

Millions of Yemeni civilians are fearful that a new cycle of war and violence is imminent [File: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters] Fear, anxiety, confusion – these are the most common sentiments expressed by civilians will erupt, roads will be blocked, fuel will be expensive, the price of basic goods will jump, and civilian deaths will mount,” he said. “Yemeni civilians have been glad that the truce reduced violence.

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