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IDPs attacked in South Darfur en route to Dereige camp
Khartoum :: Sudan | 13 hours ago
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UK says members of the armed gang threatened to kill their civilian hostages unless a 6,000 Sudanese pound ransom was paid. The group were en route from Muhajriyia to the South Darfur capital, Nyala, when the incident occurred. The civilians were
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Kagame denounces UN force in Congo
Kigali :: Rwanda | 1 day ago
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame says the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has "in some cases" made the situation worse. In an interview with the BBC, he said any military effort to bring peace to DR Congo needed to be "properly
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Pressure Mounting on U.S. over Congo Violence
Brazzaville :: Congo | 4 days ago
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IPS Articles To date, this legislation has the support of nearly 60 Democrats and Republicans in the House and efforts are currently underway to introduce a similar piece of legislation in the Senate. It has also received significant support from the
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Hundreds of armed groups hold swathes of north Syria: ICRC
Aleppo :: Syria | 7 days ago
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Syria's rebels are fragmented into hundreds of armed groups who control swathes of the north, while government forces appear to have consolidated their hold on the capital, a senior Red Cross official said on Monday...Attempts to take aid to rebel
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The United Nations Hezbollah Protection Force
Beirut :: Lebanon | 8 days ago
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Resolution 1701 also required disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon except for the Lebanese State...It said that in the course of the past week, it has observed a higher number of Israeli air violations over Lebanese airspace. Israeli
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3 SWAT men wounded in clash with armed group in Sorsogon
Sorsogon :: Philippines | 11 days ago
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Sorsogon City Police Station was ambushed by an undetermined number of armed men in Sitio (sub-village) Bato, Bacon District, Sorsogon City at around 4:45 p.m...Chief Inspector Juancho Balte Ibis, Police Officer 2 Nelson E...Eloquiro were wounded in
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Is more force in the DRC more of the same?
Pretoria :: South Africa | 13 days ago
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The imminent deployment of a UN-backed 3,000-strong international force mandated to neutralize and disarm all armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a switch to a more belligerent international stance towards rebel
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Trading conflict for coffee in DRC
Goma :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 13 days ago
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Entrepreneur Gilbert Makelele wants armed groups in his part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to wake up and smell the coffee. "You should tell the population to grow coffee, as it's the best way for them to make money," he told a militia
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DRC rebels prepare to face UN force
Pretoria :: South Africa | 15 days ago
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In forested hills in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebels are honing their ambush skills to prepare to face a new United Nations force which has a mandate to go on the offensive. "Destroy the enemy. Cause fear and stop his patrols," a rebel
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Hezbollah may intervene in Syria to help embattled regime
Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah has been secretly supporting the Syrian government to fight against rebel fighters and opposition groups. The group has also been accused of supplying arms and ammunition to government security forces so
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