Amnesty International
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May- 2023 -3 MayAfrica
Amnesty Accuses Burkina Army of Village Massacre
Amnesty International said Burkina Faso's army was responsible for a village massacre last month, putting the death toll at 147.
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Aug- 2022 -4 AugustEurope
Ukraine Forces Endangering Civilians: Amnesty
Ukrainian forces are violating international law and endangering civilians by establishing bases in residential areas, Amnesty International said.
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Aug- 2021 -5 AugustAfrica
115 Killed in Military Crackdown in Nigeria: Amnesty
Amnesty International accused Nigerian security forces of using excessive force and killing at least 115 people in a crackdown on separatist agitators in the country's restive southeast.
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Apr- 2020 -27 AprilAfrica
In rare admission, US Africa Command says it killed 2 civilians in Somalia airstrike
The US military said it inadvertently killed two civilians over a year ago in an airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia
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1 AprilAfrica
New evidence US airstrike killed teenage girl in Somalia, report says
An Amnesty International investigation revealed further evidence that a US airstrike in Somalia killed a teenage girl, despite military's denial
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Feb- 2020 -24 FebruaryAfrica
Slow admissions of civilian harm in Somalia raise questions about US transparency
AFRICOM’s new commander General Stephen Townsend drove openness in civilian casualty reporting in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
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10 FebruaryAfrica
Family says teenage girl killed in US airstrike that targeted Al Shabaab in Somalia
US Africa Command said no civilians were killed in a Febrary 2nd strike, but relatives say one young woman was killed and two badly injured
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May- 2019 -8 MayCommentary
US military must fully disclose civilian casualties in lethal airstrikes
Investigations indicate true extent of civilian deaths in Raqqa could be double that acknowledged by the US military
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Apr- 2019 -5 AprilAfrica
US Africa Command admits to civilian casualties in Somalia airstrike
US Africa Command admitted that an airstrike last year targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two civilians and that it failed to disclose its findings
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Mar- 2019 -20 MarchAfrica
US Africa Command disputes rights group’s allegations of civilian casualties in Somalia
Amnesty International has accused U.S. forces of killing several civilians in Somalia as they “dramatically increased” the number of air strikes in the volatile country, but the U.S. military denied the deaths. U.S. Africa Command said it had carried out 110 strikes by drones and manned aircraft in the past two years in Somalia, killing over 800 people, but insisted every death was that of a “terrorist.” But Amnesty researchers who investigated five air strikes in detail reported at least 14 civilians had been killed, raising fears the total dead in the scores of attacks may be far higher. “The attacks appear to have violated international humanitarian law, and some may amount to war crimes,” Amnesty said in a Wednesday, March 20 report, titled “The Hidden U.S. War in Somalia.” The study is based on 150 interviews including witnesses, family members of those killed and security experts. Their reports were corroborated by satellite imagery, photographs of the deep craters of the explosions, as well as munition fragments collected from the sites. U.S. strikes, which included missiles fired by manned aircraft as well as drones, targeted Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked jihadist insurgent group, Al-Shabaab. Amnesty said that since April 2017, the U.S. …
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