Revisited – Two decades on, Sierra Leone still scarred by civil war
Issued on: 08/10/2021 - 18:21
Between 1991 and 2002, the small West African nation of Sierra Leone was ravaged by a decade of war,…
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Scores killed in fierce fighting over Yemen’s strategic city of Marib
Issued on: 27/09/2021 - 14:25
Sixty-seven Yemeni rebels and pro-government troops have been killed as fighting intensifies for the…
Myanmar faces ‘alarming’ risk of civil war, UN says
Issued on: 23/09/2021 - 11:57Modified: 23/09/2021 - 11:59
Myanmar is facing the alarming prospect of an escalating civil war as an…
Afghan president addresses nation as Taliban close in on Kabul
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivered a televised address on Saturday in a bid to rally troops defending Kabul as the Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold…
Afghanistan’s Ghani to rally forces in key northern city as Taliban advances
Issued on: 11/08/2021 - 08:37
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Wednesday to rally…
Taliban seize provincial capitals in blitz across northern Afghanistan
Issued on: 09/08/2021 - 16:57
The Taliban seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital on Monday following a weekend blitz across the…
Tigray rebels seize UNESCO site of Lalibela in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Rebels from Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region on Thursday seized Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the neighbouring Amhara region famed for its 12th-century…
Powerful explosion, gunfire hit Kabul near Afghan capital’s fortified ‘Green Zone’
Issued on: 03/08/2021 - 21:07
A powerful explosion followed by sporadic gunfire struck the Afghan capital on Tuesday in an attack…
Fighting rages in Afghanistan as US, UK accuse Taliban of massacring civilians in…
Issued on: 02/08/2021 - 17:48
Afghan forces battled to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban Monday as the United…
Taliban says it controls ’85 percent’ of Afghanistan’s territory
The Taliban claimed Friday to be in control of 85 percent of Afghanistan after seizing key border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan, part of a sweeping offensive…