Armed Groups

From gangs abducting for ransom to fighters attacking towns, the gov’t faces series of security challenges in the north.

Hundreds of civilians in Cabo Delgado killed by rebels, gov’t forces and private militia, Amnesty says.

Two journalists, two translators detained in Tigray but no reason has been given for their arrest.

Nine other soldiers were wounded, five of them seriously, amid a long exchange of fire with armed groups.

Attacks in distant towns appear to be a rare attempt at a coordinated assault on international forces operating in Mali.

Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka convicted of ‘murder, rape, sexual slavery and enlisting children under 15 years old’, court rules.

Witnesses say the assailants herded victims onto a football pitch in the village of Muatide where they were killed.

Last week’s incident came to light on Monday after survivors managed to reach Pemba beach.

French military said it was providing air support for the operation, which is unfolding over a vast wooded area.

Desperate families in the Sahelian country are plagued by a double burden that has left many displaced and destitute.

As armed attacks continue in the Sahel, two sisters share their family’s ordeal of kidnapping, death and survival.

For many in Pakistan, no other group better exemplifies the US’s long history of playing sides to suit its own ends.

Tracee Herbaugh’s mother, Sharon, abandoned her when she was born, pursuing a career from which she never returned.

The former Sinn Fein leader says his detention on the orders of a junior minister was invalid.