Armed group kidnaps 14 security ministry staff in Mexico | Crime News
The group, all men who worked in administration in a police station, were snatched from a highway in Chiapas. Security forces in the southern Mexican…
Germany to speed up Mali withdrawal as UN mission ends | Armed Groups News
Berlin had deployed some 1,000 soldiers to Mali as part of the MINUSMA peacekeeping operation against armed groups there. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has…
Russia to continue work in CAR, Wagner business separate: Kremlin | Armed Groups News
The fate of Wagner mercenaries at home and in parts of Africa is uncertain after its abortive mutiny in Russia on Saturday. Russian advisers will…
Red Cross facilitates release of 125 Sudanese Armed Forces soldiers
Sudanese Armed Forces celebrate after they recaptured a military base that was seized by their rival Rapid Support Forces. The Red Cross said on Wednesday…
‘So many dead bodies’: Militia school attack haunts Ugandan town | Armed Groups
Mpondwe, Uganda – Most nights, Godwin Mumbere and his classmates at Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe on Uganda’s western border with the Democratic Republic of…
Honduran armed forces seize control of prisons to stamp out gangs | Crime News
The government of Honduras has announced a crackdown on organised crime within the Central American country’s prison system after an attack in a women’s penal…
Wagner revolt in Russia dims outlook for its operations in Africa | Armed Groups News
A revolt by the Wagner force in Russia poses a diplomatic quandary for Mali and Central African Republic (CAR), where forces from the mercenary group…
Putin calls Wagner challenge treasonous, armed rebellion
Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to take "decisive actions" Saturday to halt what he described as a treasonous, armed rebellion by the head of the…
Kremlin rejects Macron charges that it is ‘destabilising’ Africa | Armed Groups News
Moscow calls ties ‘constructive’ in latest back-and-forth with Paris as former French colonies increasingly turn to Russian military contractors. The Kremlin has rejected allegations by…
‘Fatal blow’: Mali rebels warn against UN peacekeepers departure | Armed Groups News
A coalition of Malian rebels has warned that the departure of MINUSMA, the peacekeeping force, could hurt a peace deal. The departure of a United…
Uganda military rescues three of six students abducted by rebels | Armed Groups News
The Ugandan army said it has rescued the students taken during the massacre of 42 people by an ISIL-linked armed group last week. The Ugandan…
Armed factions in Somalia’s Puntland agree ceasefire after clash | Conflict News
Dozens of people had been killed after the Puntland Parliament voted to change the region’s voting system. Armed factions in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland…
Uganda school attack: What we know so far | Armed Groups News
Ugandan forces are hunting for rebels accused of killing at least 41 civilians, mostly students, in the worse attack in the country in more than…
US pushing India to seal armed drone buy when Modi visits: Report | Weapons News
Bureaucracy has blocked the deal for SeaGuardian drones – which could be worth $2bn to $3bn – for years, Reuters report says. Ahead of Indian…
Fighting in South Sudan camp leaves 13 displaced people dead: UN | Armed Groups News
In recent months, South Sudan’s Upper Nile State has been an epicentre of violence mainly orchestrated by armed militias. Intercommunal fighting in a camp for…
‘We need peace’: M23 war displaces DRC residents yet again | Armed Groups
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Denis Sebwage Rugemba sits on the side of a road running through Bushagara camp on the outskirts of…
What does Minnawi’s call to arms mean for Darfur? | Armed Groups News
As the governor of Darfur, a province comprising five states that suffered through two decades of conflict, Minni Arko Minnawi has tried to avoid taking…
Haiti vigilante push ‘symptomatic’ of state’s failures: Advocates | Armed Groups News
Gedeon Jean describes it as a “collective awakening”. Over the past several weeks, groups of Haitian citizens armed with machetes, sticks and other makeshift weapons…
Ukraine says Russian armed groups behind border raid on Russia | Conflict News
Russian forces are battling a cross-border incursion by fighters – described alternatively as either armed Russian opposition groups or Ukrainian saboteurs — who crossed the…
More than 100 people dead in communal clashes in central Nigeria | Armed Groups News
Intercommunal conflict has killed hundreds of people in recent years in Nigeria’s ethnically and religiously diverse Middle Belt region. The death toll from fighting between…