| 5,982,117 |
-1.10927 |
28.93777 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
The Bweru IDP camp was emptied after an ultimatum was given by FARDC to leave the area given their alleged support to Nyatura-FDLR coalition forces, following battles between FARDC and Nyatura-FDLR forces around the Mpati IDP camp. There were some reports of shots being heard during the emptying of the camp of its 35,000 inhabitants. |
| 5,982,120 |
-0.367511 |
29.572971 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Fishermen of Lake Edward started a strike to protest harassment by Mayi Mayi fighters active in the area. |
| 5,982,124 |
-2.5 |
28.8667 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
23 Raia Mutomboki militiamen were captured by FARDC soldiers in different areas of South Kivu. |
| 5,982,129 |
11.595 |
43.14806 |
Djibouti |
|
Authorities detained a team of BBC reporting journalists for 16 hours, before expelling them from the country. |
| 5,982,233 |
-1.28333 |
36.81667 |
Kenya |
|
University of Nairobi students protest a dispute in a campus union poll, burn the Students Organisation of Nairobi University (Sonu) offices and block a section of University Way and Uhuru Highway before police used teargas to disperse them. The protest caused the school to temporally close. |
| 5,982,134 |
29.94644 |
30.91687 |
Egypt |
|
The Swiss-based organisation Alkarama reported two enforced disappearance cases of two Egyptian students to theUnited Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances(WGEID). The first student was arrested from his home on 13 November 2015 by security forces and taken to an unknown location in a car. His mobile phone and computer were confiscated. In February it was revealed that he was being detained in 6th of October City Homeland Security. |
| 5,982,139 |
30.00534 |
31.42722 |
Egypt |
|
The Swiss-based organisation Alkarama reported two enforced disappearance case of two Egyptian students to theUnited Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances(WGEID). The second student was arrested from a pharmacy in the Fifth Settlement where he works, along with the pharmacy's owner on 28 February. |
| 5,982,143 |
30.15293 |
31.31501 |
Egypt |
|
A police sergeant was killed in an attack by masked gunmen at Khosous checkpoint, Qaliubiya, on 4 April. A captain and a police secret informant also sustained injuries when the assailants opened fire from two cars, using automatic rifles. |
| 5,982,146 |
30.03513 |
31.21399 |
Egypt |
|
Dozens of temporary workers within the Agriculture Ministry's Land Reclamation Sector protested on 4 April outside ministry headquarters in Dokki neighborhood, demanding permanent contracts and full financial rights for 323 employees. |
| 5,982,150 |
30.46687 |
33.78428 |
Egypt |
|
A total of two militants were killed in central Sinai by the Egyptian army on 6 April. One militants was killed in Wady Gerba after hurling a hand grenade against a patrol while the other was killed in Khreza area in a shootout. |
