Khartoum’s fearful residents hunker down amid fierce street fighting
Khartoum, Sudan/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Residents in an affluent district of Khartoum feared there would be trouble when they found their new neighbour was a commander from a paramilitary force that protesters blamed for cracking down on them in the past. Those concerns proved well-founded this week when people were forced to hunker down in their […]
Explainer – What’s behind Sudan’s crisis?
Khartoum, SudanReuters Fighting has erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and at other sites across the country as powerful rival military factions battle for control, increasing the risk of a nationwide civil war. A man looks at belongings inside a damaged house during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan, […]
Brazil’s Lula removes soldiers from guarding presidential residence
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has removed 40 troops guarding the presidential residence after expressing distrust in the military for failing to act against demonstrators that ransacked government buildings on 8th January. His decision was published on Tuesday in the government’s official gazette. Army officers stand guard outside the Planalto […]
Brazilian police question some 1,000 detainees after rampage in capital
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazilian police on Tuesday were questioning some 1,000 protesters held in an overcrowded gymnasium in the capital after anti-government mobs sacked public buildings over the weekend, as the country’s new government worked to overcome the crisis. Most of the supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro were detained on Monday as troops dismantled […]
Mexican armed forces knew about attack on 43 students, report says
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico’s armed forces knew that 43 student teachers who disappeared in 2014 were being kidnapped by criminals, then hid evidence that could have helped locate them, according to a report released Monday by special investigation. Evidence obtained by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), an independent panel tasked with investigating the […]
Colombia ex-President asks forgiveness for army’s extrajudicial killings
Bogota, ColombiaReuters In public testimony to Colombia’s truth commission on Friday, former President Juan Manuel Santos asked for forgiveness for extrajudicial killings of thousands of people committed by the country’s armed forces partly during his time as defence minister. Santos, who in 2016 signed the peace deal which created the commission, testified about the so-called […]
Australia says 13 soldiers told they face dismissal after Afghan report
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan, the head of the country’s army said on Friday. An independent report published last week in redacted form said there was evidence that 39 unarmed Afghan prisoners and civilians were killed by […]
US: FOR MILITARY FAMILIES, THIS CHURCH AIMS TO BE MANNA FROM HEAVEN
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on how one US evangelical church is reaching out to military families…