Libyan rebels have clashed with an armed gang said to be loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in a sign of growing lawlessness.
Rebels have encircled Muammar Gaddafi’s last stronghold in Libya’s Western Mountains region and hope to seize it soon.
Questions around Libyan rebel divisions are swirling following the killing of their own military chief.
Libyan rebels were poised to retake Brega after breaching the oil refinery town’s defences, buoyed by the recognition of their administration.
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/ 14 October 2009
Rights groups on Tuesday blasted Kinshasa’s ”disastrous” military operation to neutralise Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Congo.
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/ 30 September 2009
Somalia’s al-Shabaab rebels said on Wednesday they would fight rival Hizbul Islam militants for control of the port of Kismayu.
Suspected Islamist insurgents stormed a United Nations compound overnight in southern Somalia, witnesses said on Monday.
Nigeria’s main militant group said it had blown up a well-head in a Royal Dutch Shell oil field in Delta state late on Thursday.
A Sudanese court on Wednesday condemned 10 rebels from the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement to death for an attack on Khartoum in 2008.
Uganda will begin withdrawing its troops on Sunday from north-east Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rebels blamed government forces on Friday for the death of a guerrilla leader’s daughter, saying her death made a resumption of peace talks impossible
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/ 18 February 2009
At least 50 civilians were killed and many more wounded on Wednesday in air attacks in north-eastern Sri Lanka, a pro-rebel website reported.
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/ 16 February 2009
A powerful Sudanese rebel leader met secretly with top Israeli espionage officials in Israel this month, Israeli defence officials said on Monday.
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/ 16 February 2009
Pakistani insurgents holding a US citizen working for the UN said on Monday they would extend the deadline given for the hostage’s execution.
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/ 11 February 2009
Rwandan government radio reported on Wednesday that Rwandan and Congolese troops have destroyed the main bases of Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern DRC.
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/ 8 February 2009
Sri Lankan troops have smashed the Tamil Tigers’ mini-state, but officials say they must catch their elusive leader to declare final victory.
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/ 6 February 2009
Sri Lankan troops on Friday captured more Tamil Tiger bases, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon raised fresh concerns for civilians trapped in the war zone.
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/ 5 February 2009
Rebels in the DRC asked Kinshasa this week to grant them immunity for acts carried out during the recent war in the country’s eastern region.
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/ 3 February 2009
Troops have crossed the border back into Somalia, only days after Ethiopia completed a military pullout from its neighbour, witnesses said on Tuesday.
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/ 30 January 2009
Sri Lanka’s president urged the Tiger rebels on Friday to allow about 250 000 civilians trapped in the northern war zone to flee to safety.
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/ 29 January 2009
International rights groups pressed for urgent action to save up to 250 000 civilians trapped in northern Sri Lanka.
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/ 28 January 2009
A Sri Lankan health official says recent heavy fighting in the north has killed more than 300 civilians and wounded at least 1 000 others.
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/ 27 January 2009
Somalia’s insurgent group al Shabaab introduced sharia law in Baidoa on Tuesday, a day after taking the town that had been a government stronghold.
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/ 23 January 2009
The military shelled a hospital and a village inside a ”safe zone” for displaced families, killing at least 30 people, health officials said.
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/ 22 January 2009
Sri Lankan troops have seized a Tamil Tiger command centre in the island’s north as ground troops advance into the rebels’ remaining territory.
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/ 21 January 2009
Congolese troops on Wednesday denied access to peacekeepers and journalists to a border region as they joined forces with Rwanda to hunt Hutu rebels.
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/ 20 January 2009
Rwandan troops crossed into eastern DRC on Tuesday in a joint military operation by the Great Lakes neighbours to disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels.
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/ 20 January 2009
Rwandan troops crossed the border into eastern DRC on Tuesday under a December agreement between the two countries to hunt down Rwandan Hutu rebels.
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/ 19 January 2009
Honore Tadri was in Faradje on Christmas Day when about 150 armed men surrounded the market square where most of the town’s residents had gathered.
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/ 16 January 2009
Thousands have fled Sri Lanka’s northern war zone in recent days, crossing the front lines amid fierce fighting, the military said on Friday.
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/ 14 January 2009
The Philippines is ready to resume peace talks with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, government’s chief peace negotiator said on Wednesday.
Rebels clashed on Friday with a pro-government militia in eastern DRC as a United Nations envoy held talks with guerrilla chief Laurent Nkunda.