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  • DRC Accuses M23 Rebels Of Killing 50 Civilians

    Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have accused the M23 rebel group and its allies of killing 50 civilians news agency that M23 was “carrying out massacres … the most recent of which is that of 50 Congolese civilians

  • Taliban accused of ‘massacring civilians’ in Afghan border town

    The US and the UK accuse the Taliban of killing dozens of civilians in possible ‘war crimes’ in Spin falling to the Taliban as the United States and the United Kingdom accused the group of “massacring civilians “The Taliban massacred dozens of civilians in revenge killings. capitals – Lashkar Gah, Kandahar and Herat – after a weekend of heavy fighting that saw thousands of civilians

  • Attacks on Civilians in Myanmar Crimes Against Humanity: UN

    UN finds evidence of systematic attack on civilians ‘amounting to crimes against humanity’ in Myanmar collected since the military seized power on February 1 shows a widespread and systematic attack on civilians In determining that the crimes against civilians appear to be widespread and systematic, he said investigators

  • Militants kill 37 civilians in attack on Niger village

    According to a toll issued last week by Human Rights Watch, more than 420 civilians have been killed

  • Afghan Civilian Casualties Soared After Peace Talks’ Start

    between the government and the Taliban began in September, even as overall deaths and injuries dropped In its annual report documenting civilian injuries and deaths, the United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan The 2,792 civilian casualties (891 deaths and 1,901 injuries) recorded in the final three months of 2020 Last year was the seventh consecutive year that the U.N. has documented more than 3,000 civilian deaths the report said — 120 civilian deaths and injuries, a decrease of 85 percent from 2019, when 786 casualties

  • Afghanistan civilian casualty figures at record high, UN says

    Report reveals ‘acute rise’ in deaths and injuries since 1 May as Taliban exploit departure of foreign Photograph: Ghulamullah Habibi/EPA Record numbers of civilians have been killed and injured in Afghanistan The UN report is the first nationwide account of the impact of the fighting on civilians. casualties in the first six months of the year, with insurgent groups responsible for well over half of the deaths Improvised mines were the leading cause of casualties, responsible for more than one in three deaths

  • 5000 Civilians Killed, 5.7 Million Displaced in Sudan War

    and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) reaches its sixth month today, ( 15 October 2023 ), resulting in the deaths of at least 5,000 civilians , more than 12,000 injured, and over 5.7 million people forcibly displaced “Justice and accountability are essential for the protection of civilians. The report, ‘Death Came To Our Home’: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering In Sudan , documented mass civilian The report also details sexual violence against women and girls, targeted attacks on civilian objects

  • UN Experts Demand Urgent Action to Protect Civilians in Sudan as Conflict Intensifies

    “The deliberate targeting of civilians, combined with the use of starvation, sexual violence, disappearance El Fasher and other parts of Darfur remain under siege, where civilians face relentless bombardment, “We are shocked by reports of civilians forced to eat animal fodder to survive, women and children being

  • Turkish drone attack kills five in Iraq's Nineveh province

    "Since 2015, the Turkish Armed Forces have killed up to 129 civilians and wounded up to 180 civilians Hundreds of Iraqi and Kurdish civilians have been killed by Turkish airstrikes across northern Iraq. "A Turkish drone bombed a civilian vehicle west of Mosul at 2:20 p.m on Sunday, killing four men and Outlets close to the PKK insist the victims were civilians. "Since 2015, the Turkish Armed Forces have killed up to 129 civilians and wounded up to 180 civilians

  • ‘Tens of civilians’ killed in gruesome Nigeria massacre, UN says

    crops in Borno state attacked by armed men on motorcycles, in the ‘most violent direct’ assault against civilians “tens of people”, the United Nations said late on Sunday, amending an earlier statement putting the death “Armed men on motorcycles led a brutal attack on civilian men and women who were harvesting their fields “Tens of civilians were ruthlessly killed and many others were wounded in this attack,” he added. “The incident is the most violent direct attack against innocent civilians this year.

  • At least 22 civilians killed in rebel attack in eastern DRC

    (Al Jazeera) At least 22 civilians have been killed in a rebel attack on a village in the North Kivu “ADF rebels attacked the village of Mwenda on Monday about 19:00 GMT, killing 22 civilians with machetes ,” Kibwana said, adding the death toll is provisional. The ADF, which originated in Uganda’s northeast in the 1990s, has been attacking and killing civilians

  • HRW:AU must Roll Out Civilian Protection Mission in Sudan

    © 2021 REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri The AU should roll out a civilian protection mission in Sudan and ensure safe and ensure accountability as the risk of further atrocities against civilians in El Fasher, North In addition, the RSF and allied forces have carried out deliberate attacks on civilians which amount As the conflict rages, civilians in other parts of the country are also facing widespread violations. Adama Dieng, to develop a strategy to stop atrocities and protect civilians.

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