Honduras deploys hundreds of military agents to fight crime
Tegucigalpa, HondurasReuters Honduras’ government deployed soldiers across the country as part of a plan to fight criminal groups, authorities said Monday, with official images showing hundreds of soldiers being commissioned for the project. The move comes after leftist President Xiomara Castro implemented a partial state of emergency last December in pockets of the country’s largest […]
Colombia faces very large challenge to stop “endemic violence” – Amnesty
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Colombia’s government faces big challenges in stemming endemic violence, advocacy group Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnes Callamard said, while calling for an end to impunity for sexual violence meted out by security forces during protests in 2021. Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the first leftist to lead the country, took control in August. He […]
About 50 people killed in Chad protests, government says
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule. Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was still compiling casualties […]
Sri Lankan security troops raid protest camp, 50 injured
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lankan security forces raided an anti-government protest camp in the commercial capital Colombo early on Friday, two protest organisers said, a sign that the country’s new President was cracking down a day after his swearing in. Hundreds of security personnel surrounded the “Gota Go Gama” protest camp, mockingly named after […]
Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in unrest
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday – the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years. Security forces detained 516 people during the protests, which broke out over plans to curtail Karakalpakstan’s autonomy, […]
Uzbekistan reports casualties in unrest, opposition says at least five killed
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Sunday there were casualties among civilians and law enforcement officers after rare protests in the Central Asian country, and an exiled opposition politician said at least five people had been killed. Separately, a local government official told an Uzbek news website that thousands of people have been […]
Sudan security forces skirmish with demonstrators after protest deaths
Khartoum, Sudan Reuters Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at protesters on Friday near the presidential palace in Khartoum, a day after nine people were reported killed during the largest anti-military rallies for months. Protest groups demanding a return to democratic rule have said they will organise an open-ended campaign of sit-ins and other peaceful […]
Israel and West Bank on edge after more bloodshed
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Israeli forces killed two Palestinian women on Sunday after one ran towards troops and the other stabbed a soldier in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, Israeli security officials said. With violence surging after a string of deadly Arab attacks in Israel, a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli soldiers during what […]
Russian troops to quit Kazakhstan, says President, taking aim at the elite
Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanReuters Russian-led forces will begin withdrawing from Kazakhstan in two days’ time after stabilising the Central Asian nation following serious unrest, the President said on Tuesday, in a speech that took aim at wealthy associates of his predecessor. In a video call with parliament after putting down what he has called an attempted coup, […]
Kazakhstan detains 7,939 people over unrest
Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanReuters Kazakhstan’s security forces have detained a total of 7,939 people as of Monday over last week’s unrest, the Interior Ministry said, the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation’s post-Soviet history. Government buildings were briefly captured or torched in several cities last week as initially peaceful protests against fuel price increases […]