Wednesday, April 22, 2020
It’s not the coronavirus that is killing people in the mountains of Guerrero, it’s violent gun battles between community vigilantes, police and soldiers and the Cartel del Sur.
Clashes over the weekend in El Naranjo, an agricultural town where poppies grown for opium gum and heroin are a big crop, left burnt-out cars and 13 dead in another wave of extreme violence that has been plaguing the region for years.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Over 10 al-Shabaab militants including a child soldier have surrendered in recently liberated Janaale town, a top official said, as FGS renews efforts to restore civilian rule in the agricultural-rich region.
After almost a decade of oppressive rule, coupled with endless executions, al-Shabaab ceded the town in March after a fierce gunfight with Somali National Army [SNA] and AU forces, who were buoyed by US military, police had said.
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Monday, April 20, 2020
The Libyan Air Force carried out on Saturday night around 20 air raids against gatherings of Haftar’s militias inside Tarhouna, killing and wounding several fighters and destroying a number of armoured vehicles, a military source close to the Volcano of Rage Operation has confirmed.
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Sunday, April 19, 2020
The Bangsamoro regional police and the military’s Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) have launched operations to identify and arrest the Abu Sayyaf Group bandits that encountered and killed 11 Army soldiers and wounded 14 others in Patikul, Sulu last Friday.
Westmincom commander Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said yesterday that the 11 slain troopers were members of the Delta Company of the Army’s 21st Infantry Battalion that is part of the units trying to clear Sulu of Abu Sayyaf terrorists. Officials said 14 other soldiers were wounded.
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Saturday, April 18, 2020
The Myanmar army is carrying out “almost daily air strikes and shelling” in the restive Rakhine and Chin states amid a surge in clashes with fighters, with reports of at least 32 civilians killed in recent weeks, according to the United Nations human rights office.
The Arakan Army, an armed group seeking greater autonomy for ethnic Rakhine people, has been battling government troops for more than a year.
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