North Africa
Mali: Tuareg autonomy at issue in new fighting
UN "peacekeepers" have been drawn into fighting between Tuareg separatist rebels and pro-government paramilitaries as northern Mali remains divided.
Tag: paramilitaries
Southeast Asia
Harsh abuses seen in Burma opium war
Despite a democratic opening and hopes for peace with ethnic insurgencies, horrific accounts of rights abuses continue to emerge from Burma's opium-producing hinterlands.
The Andes
Colombia: whither FARC’s future?
While Colombia's right fears incorporation of the FARC into a new rural police force, rebel leaders protest that the army continues offensives against them—despite peace talks.
The Andes
Are the FARC narco-traffickers?
Amid peace talks in Havana, Colombia's FARC issued an angry communique insisting "We are not narco-traffickers." But major coke busts supposedly linked to the guerillas continue.
The Andes
Colombia: FARC declare ceasefire —amid fighting
Fighting continued up to the minute a unilateral FARC ceasefire took effect, with Colombia's government refusing rebel demands for foreign observers to monitor the truce.
Afghanistan
Afghan tribes rise against Taliban in east
Pakistani Taliban fighters who have established control over parts of eastern Afghanistan are under pressure from air-strikes and an uprising by local tribesmen.
Africa
Vigilantes fight Boko Haram with bows and arrows
In Nigeria's northwest, traditional hunters in rural areas, armed only with bows and arrows, are organizing patrols to protect their villages against Boko Haram.
Southeast Asia
Philippines: justice deferred in 2011 massacre
Protesters in the Philippines marked five years since the country's worst political massacre, at Ampatuan—where paramilitary troops killed 58 opponents of a local boss.
The Andes
Colombia: crime lord falls, para links revealed
The capture of "Marquitos," reigning crime lord of Colombia's La Guajira region, was followed by revelations of his deadly dealings with local paramilitaries and politicians.
South Asia
India: Maoists appeal to Nagas to resist deployment
India's Maoist rebels issued an appeal to the Naga Regiments to resist deployment as a paramilitary counter-insurgency force to guerilla-held regions of the country.
The Andes
Colombia: Santos under fire over peace process
Colombia's Prosecutor General Alejandro Ordoñez slammed President Juan Manuel Santos for "protecting a terrorist" by failing to arrest FARC leader "Timochenko."
The Andes
Venezuela accuses Colombian paras in death of pol
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro charged that a Colombian paramilitary network was behind the assassination of legislator Robert Serra, a rising star in the ruling party.