| 5,976,728 |
-11.65955 |
27.47411 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
"An opposition radio and television broadcasting in Lubumbashi" was shut down by the police who said it had not paid an annual fee. The station, La Voix du Katanga, said the decision was political, as it was owned by a leading figure in the G7 opposition coalition. |
| 5,976,732 |
-3.39534 |
29.13779 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
The leader of a local defense group from Bafuliru surrendered with 20 fighters and their weapons to the FARDC in the Uvira area. |
| 5,976,738 |
-5.93701 |
29.17853 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
After a governor candidate from UNADEF arrived in Kalemie, the Republican Guard allegedly impeded his travel and assaulted supporters who had come to greet him. |
| 5,976,742 |
30.00808 |
31.21093 |
Egypt |
|
Security forces defused a bomb on 28 December 2014 on Gamaa bridge in Egypt's Giza governorate. No injuries or deaths were reported. |
| 5,976,747 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
A journalist was arrested on 30 December 2015 and detained on charges of forming an illegal political movement called Youth of 25 January. He was allegedly tortured until he confessed to his crimes, according to Arab Network for Human Rights and Information (ANHRI). The location of his detention remained unknown for several days following his arrest. |
| 5,976,751 |
30.04001 |
31.25953 |
Egypt |
|
The administrator of a page on Facebook calling for a "religious revolution" was arrested on 3 March, after protesting at the headquarters of Al-Azhar. He called for the protest stating that Sahih Al-Bukhary's Islamic teachings promote extremism and support ideologies of the 'Islamic State' group. He burnt the book of Al-Bukhary's teachings and the police forces arrested him. |
| 5,976,755 |
31.2163 |
34.11074 |
Egypt |
|
Five bullet-riddled bodies were found in a mass grave some hundreds of metres away from a well-known army base in Sheikh Zuweyid. State-controlled Cairo press simply said five unidentified bodies found killed. But local journalists reported that "a hummer disposed of the bodies in plain sight, and among the murdered were a child and a deaf and mute victim". |
| 5,976,759 |
31.2163 |
34.11074 |
Egypt |
|
Second Field Army troops prepared a checkpoint in Al-Sabkha district in Al-Shaykh Zuwayid, northern Sinai when militants opened fire. The troops repelled theattackkilling five elements. |
| 5,976,763 |
31.2163 |
34.11074 |
Egypt |
|
A blast targeted the armoured vehicle of Egypt's security forces in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid in North Sinai. Two security personnel were wounded. |
| 5,976,768 |
31.2163 |
34.11074 |
Egypt |
|
On 6 March, after a blast wounded two Egyptian security personnel, gunmen shot dead two members of Egypt's security forces in an ambulance after they had been injured by a bombing in the Sinai Peninsula. A medic in the ambulance was also killed in the ambush in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid. No militant group has yet claimed responsibility for either the bomb attack or the subsequent ambush. |
