Ethiopia’s Oromiya region accuses OLA rebels of killing “many” people
Addis Abab, EthiopiaReuters The government of Ethiopia’s largest region, Oromiya, on Saturday accused the Oromo Liberation Army rebel group of killing “many civilians” in attacks that followed the failure of peace talks in Tanzania. At least 36 people were killed when unidentified attackers struck three villages in Oromiya’s Shirka district on 24th and 27th November, […]
Myanmar military, insurgents battle over port town
Reuters Myanmar’s military has launched attacks from the air and the sea to recapture a port town on the Bay of Bengal, an opposition alliance said on Friday, as junta forces face the fiercest offensive from their enemies in years. The military, which seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup, is battling […]
After battle with junta, Myanmar rebels take control of border point with India
Zokhawthar, IndiaReuters Two days after rebel forces in Myanmar’s Chin state overran the junta’s two military bases close to the border with India, they have taken control of a border crossing point between the two countries across the tiny hilly Indian state of Mizoram. People who fled Myanmar carry their belongings across a bridge that […]
Myanmar rebels, battling junta, seek to control border with India
Reuters Anti-junta fighters in Myanmar’s Chin state are trying to gain control of part of the porous border with India, after taking over two military outposts on the mountainous frontier, a rebel commander said, part of a wider offensive against the junta. Dozens of rebels battled the Myanmar military from dawn to dusk on Monday […]
Colombia, ELN rebels start six-month ceasefire
Bogota, ColombiaReuters A six-month ceasefire between Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group began on Thursday, representing the most solid progress to date for President Gustavo Petro’s ambitious plans to end the country’s 60-year conflict. The ceasefire, set to run until the end of January, 2024, is the product of ongoing peace […]
“Lost, confused, scared”: Syrians who fled Assad fear he will soon choke off aid
MAYA GEBEILY and KHALIL ASHAWI, of Reuters, report…
How Indonesian village aid funds weapons for Papua’s rebellion
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Separatists in the Indonesian region of Papua where a New Zealand pilot was taken hostage in February have been siphoning off government aid money to buy black market guns for a deadly guerrilla war, officials say. The “Dana Desa” village fund introduced by President Joko Widodo in 2015 and valued at $US4.7 billion […]
Searching for the disappeared must be priority at Colombia peace talks -official
Bogota, Colombia Reuters The search for tens of thousands of people who were disappeared during Colombia’s six-decade conflict must be a priority at peace and surrender talks with rebel groups and crime gangs, the top official tasked with finding them said on Wednesday. At least 104,600 people have been forcibly disappeared in connection with Colombia’s […]
Essay: Military violence in Myanmar is worsening amid fierce resistance and international ambivalence
In an article first published on The Conversation, THARAPHI THAN, a US-based scholar on Myanmar’s history, looks at the ongoing violence in Myanmar…
Earthquake leaves Syrians across frontlines with shared catastrophe
Beirut, LebanonReuters On one side of Syria’s civil war, a man in army fatigues carried a lifeless child’s ashen body from the rubble of a shattered building in the government-held city of Hama. Across a frontline on another side of Syria, a rescue worker in the white helmet and black-yellow vest of the Syrian civil […]