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Some 2,700 soldiers on Tuesday stormed a prison in Ecuador, retaking control of the facility as the death toll from a riot that started over the weekend rose to 31 inmates,…

The organisation says authorities have been unable to quell unprecedented violence and vigilantism that has taken hold of the country. Since April at least 264 gang members have…

Issued on: 05/07/2023 - 13:16Modified: 05/07/2023 - 13:22 On July 7, 2021, Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by a…

Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria's north, a region regularly hit by criminal violence and clashes between communities, local  police have…

Issued on: 22/03/2023 - 00:16Modified: 22/03/2023 - 00:17 More than 530 people have been killed this year in gang…

Issued on: 09/03/2023 - 01:16 Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has temporarily closed its hospital in Cite…

Issued on: 27/01/2023 - 01:43 Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country's…

Issued on: 24/01/2023 - 22:01 Gang violence is spiralling out of control in Haiti, the UN envoy to that country said Tuesday…

Issued on: 01/01/2023 - 10:24 Colombia's government has agreed to a six-month ceasefire with the five largest armed groups…

Issued on: 04/12/2022 - 10:38 The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the…