militia

In Mali, the Dan Na Ambassagou self-defense militia, made up of traditional dozo hunters, officially disbanded by the Malian state last year, is urging the Malian transitional authorities in a video recorded on December 16 to strengthen the army's presence in Dogon. She even issued an ultimatum to the government, a fierce message that also reflected a certain weakening.…

The United States unilaterally blacklisted Libya's Kaniyat militia and its leaders on Wednesday after Russia last week prevented a UN Security Council committee from imposing sanctions on the group's human rights abuses. The US sanctions were introduced under the Global Magnitsky Act, which allows the US government to target human rights violators around the world by freezing assets and banning Americans from doing business with them. "Mohamed al-Kani and the Kaniyat militia have tortured and killed…

Lubumbashia witnessed an invasion, early this Saturday morning, September 26, of militants from Bakata Katanga. The official report shows three elements from the killed police, 16 dead from the attackers and ten men captured. NGO Justicia ASBL prepares a preliminary toll of 4 dead on the side of the loyalist forces and 5 wounded and a dozen of the dead among the attackers. Bakata Katanga is this militia that is militating for the secession of the mining province of Katanga. According to several sources, gunfire in the…