Widespread protests and clashes broke out in Kashmir on Sunday after a top rebel leader was killed by India’s security forces. Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, a senior leader of the Hizbul Mujahideen group, was shot and killed on Saturday in a standoff with government troops in his hometown of Tral. Another
South Sudanese pro-government forces have killed at least 114 civilians in and around Yei town, as well as committing uncounted rapes, looting and torture, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said. The report has documented human rights violations and abuses against civilians that may amount
Mexico has surpassed Iraq, Afghanistan and several conflict-ridden African countries as the second deadliest zone after Syria, according to a new report on the global armed conflict. The 2017 Armed Conflict Survey, released on Tuesday by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), showed the number of fatalities as a
82 Chibok schoolgirls held captive for three years by Boko Haram were flown to Abuja to meet Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, a day after they were released in exchange for several militant leaders. “I cannot express in a few words how happy I am to welcome our dear
The United Nations has urged all parties involved in the South Sudan conflict to cease hostilities after the government launched a new offensive earlier this week that displaced another 25,000 people. “The renewed upsurge in fighting represents a callous and blatant disregard of the pledges made during the 25 March 2017
More than 20 million are at risk of famine across South Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria and Somalia, with the UN stating the food crisis is the largest since 1945. The famine is predominately man-made, following years of violent conflict and a problematic lack of humanitarian response in the four war-torn, poverty-stricken
International pressure has reached new heights in recent weeks as human rights organizations push for a credible investigation into the human rights abuses of Rohingyans in Myanmar. On February 3rd, the United Nations (UN) released a report finding instances of the Myanmar government’s failure to protect its most persecuted ethnic
Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the deaths of 57 Kenyan soldiers in a remote military base in Kulbiyow, near the Kenyan border. Al-Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, told Reuters that the two fighters drove suicide car bombs into the base, while other militants stormed in, killing
In a final attempt to retain power, just two days before the scheduled inauguration of President-elect Adama Barrow, the outgoing President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has declared a 90-day state of emergency. Announcing the state of emergency on state television, Jammeh said the declaration was necessary due to “foreign interference”
