Bogotá (EFE).- The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) sanctioned on Tuesday seven members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia command, including its top leader Rodrigo Londoño, with alternative sentences of eight years of “effective restriction of their rights.” The JEP imposed the sentences for being “ultimately responsible for the criminal policy of kidnapping” carried … Read more
By Milo Milfort Port-au-Prince (EFE).- Haitian security forces killed and seriously wounded hundreds of members of armed gangs controlling Port-au-Prince with kamikaze drones in 2025. However, this strategy is insufficient to stabilize the country, which is in the grip of a violent crisis that left at least 1,520 people dead and 609 wounded in the … Read more
By Taryn Wilson Sisaket/Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, Aug 2 (EFE).- Kamonrat Phonsetthalert had just left the gas station she owns in Thailand’s Sisaket province when a rocket fired from across the border in Cambodia crashed through the roof, sending a fireball into the sky. The Jul. 24 strike was a decisive moment at the beginning of … Read more
By Lobsang DS Subirana Bangkok, Jul 24 (EFE).- Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia came to a boil Thursday along multiple points of their mutual border, resulting in at least 11 civilian deaths, 35 injuries and a retaliatory airstrike, following months of deteriorating diplomatic relations between the countries. Fighting took place from the morning into the … Read more
Al-Mazraa, Syria (EFE).- After two days of violence in the southern Syrian province of Al-Suwayda, control of security was taken by government troops on Tuesday, leading to new clashes between them and local groups. On Tuesday morning, the army entered the city, which is predominantly Druze, taking over from local factions who had been responsible … Read more
Jerusalem/Tehran/Washington, June 13 (EFE).- Israel struck more than 100 targets in Iran early Friday, killing top military commanders and nuclear scientists for which Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has vowed “severe punishment.” In a seven-minute address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel had launched Operation Rising Lion “to roll back the Iranian threat to … Read more
By Ana Báez Mexico City (EFE).- There are over 127,000 missing persons who remain unaccounted for, being searched for by their families in Mexico in the absence of an official response in their relatives’ cases. “When the authorities say there are no enforced disappearances, they are insulting them,” said the executive director of Amnesty International … Read more
Beirut (EFE).- Israel carried out at least four bombings on Sunday near a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahieh, half an hour after the Israel Defense Forces issued an evacuation order for residents of the area. According to the Lebanese National News Agency (ANN), Israel first carried out three “warning” bombing … Read more
Kinshasa (EFE).- At least 14 bodies have been found in the Walikale territory of the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following the withdrawal of the powerful March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group, medical and civil society sources confirmed to EFE on Saturday. “Between yesterday and today, we found … Read more
Juba (EFE).- South Sudan’s government accused Vice President and opposition leader Riek Machar on Friday of conspiracy, as the opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) called for his immediate release amid a crisis that continues to escalate. No side wants to break the fragile 2018 peace deal. On Wednesday night, Machar was arrested … Read more
Khartoum (EFE).- Sudan’s army chief Abdelfatah al-Burhan entered Khartoum’s presidential palace on Wednesday for the first time in nearly two years, surrounded by soldiers and shouts of victory, declaring the capital “liberated” from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after a violent six-month offensive. The 65-year-old military officer told the media television that the battle for … Read more
Kampala (EFE).- The Ugandan People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) killed 242 militiamen from the armed group Congo Economic Development Cooperative (CODECO) this week after they attacked a Ugandan military camp in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to UPDF spokesman Chris Magezi, hundreds of CODECO rebels launched successive attacks on Ugandan soldiers at … Read more