Tag: clashes

Tunisia closes Ras Jdir border crossing with Libya after clashes

March 19, 2024

Tunisian authorities closed the Ras Jdir border crossing after armed clashes occurred there between rival Libyan factions. Videos shared on social media showed gunfire and ... Read More

DRC: clashes between M23 rebels, govt forces intensify in country’s east

February 8, 2024

Conflict between one of eastern Congo’s most active rebel groups and the government armed forces is intensifying in the country’s Masisi territory, which has prompted ... Read More

Madagascar: more protests, clashes likely nationwide ahead of 9 Nov. presidential vote

October 11, 2023

Madagascar's outgoing president Andry Rajoelina has launched his re-election campaign ahead of the 9 November vote, as UN Human Rights Office expresses concern about the ... Read More

Cameroon: scores killed in clashes with separatists ahead of senate elections

February 22, 2023

Cameroon's military has reportedly killed scores of armed Anglophone separatists — who vowed to disrupt March senate elections in Cameroon's western regions — in clashes ... Read More

Somali gov’t, al-Shabab both claim success in their operations

February 20, 2023

Somali soldiers — backed by international partners and local clan militias — have killed upwards of 350 al-Shabab militants and wounded dozens more in different ... Read More

DR Congo: Fighting flares up as army clashes with M23 rebels around strategic highway

October 29, 2022

Congolese army clashed with M23 rebels around a strategic highway in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday (27 October), following a recent flare-up between ... Read More

Fresh clashes erupt between Haftar, GNA forces threatening frail ceasefire

January 4, 2021

Armed clashes erupted between forces of UN-backed Government of National and those of rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar Sunday in south Libya putting at stake a ... Read More