Tag: gunfire
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Chad: Tensions rise as gunfire erupts near presidential compound
Gunfire erupted near the presidential palace in N’Djamena Wednesday evening, raising concerns about stability in the Central African nation. Military vehicles and heavily armed soldiers were deployed throughout the capital’s streets as shots rang out for several minutes near the presidential compound. According to the government, the clashes left 18 attackers and one security personnel…
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Mozambique’s post-election protests calling for political change leave dozens dead or injured
At least 11 people have reportedly died and 63 were injured by gunfire in Mozambique in a police crackdown on popular protests following disputed presidential election results. Demonstrations erupted after the East African country’s electoral commission declared the ruling Frelimo party the winner of the election that was held on 9 October, thus extending its…
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DRC: at least 129 dead in botched escape attempt from country’s largest prison
At least 129 people were reportedly killed while trying to escape from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) largest and chronically overcrowded prison in the capital Kinshasa. Congolese Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said in a post on X on Tuesday (3 September) that “he provisional toll is 129 dead, including 24 by gunfire, after warning,”…
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Coup scare in Guinea-Bissau: order restored after overnight clashes, heavy gunfire in the capital
Guinea-Bissau’s army announced on Friday (1 December) it had detained the leader of a group of security forces involved in overnight clashes in the capital, during which the latter tried to free a detained opposition minister and a senior state official. Order has been restored in the area near Guinea-Bissau’s presidential palace following an overnight…
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Somalia: armed factions in Puntland agree ceasefire after clashes leave dozens dead
Armed factions in Somalia’s northern semi-autonomous state of Puntland have agreed to a ceasefire after dozens of people had been killed after the state’s parliament voted to change the region’s voting system. At least 26 people were killed and 30 injured on Tuesday (20 June) in clashes outside parliament in Garowe, the Puntland capital, between…
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Sudan: shelling rocks Khartoum as 24-hour ceasefire ends
As the latest in a series of ceasefire agreements ended in Sudan at 6am on Sunday (11 June), only minutes later gunfire and shelling resumed again in the capital Khartoum. The 24-hour ceasefire agreement had given civilians rare respite from nearly two months of war, enabling them to venture outside and stock up on essential…
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Heavy gunfire in Burkina Faso capital, soldiers on streets, sparking coup fears
Heavy gunfire rang out early Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital — near the presidential palace, the main military camp and some residential areas — and the state broadcaster went off the air, sparking fears of a mutiny nine months after a military coup d’etat overthrew the country’s president. Soldiers are reported to have taken up…
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Libya: Armed clashes in a southern city
Armed clashes on Monday night between local police forces and a group affiliated with Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of eastern Libya, left one dead and two wounded in southern Libya, according to a hospital source. “Armed with tanks and heavy artillery, a militia under the command of Mabrouk Sahbane of the al-Karama forces (the name…