| 5,989,202 |
0.85186 |
29.61237 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
FARDC and MONUSCO forces have jointly launched a large offensive against ADF rebels focusing on the Eringiti territory, following recent killings by the group. |
| 5,989,207 |
-1.69333 |
29.23389 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Police arrested at least 4 LUCHA activists who were part of a sit-in demonstrations outside the MONUSCO HQ in Goma against insecurity and recent attacks in Beni territory. Police allegedly beat the demonstrators as well as a MONUSCO agent who was filming the incident and 2 journalists, one of whom was a correspondent for VoA. |
| 5,989,212 |
30.12511 |
31.25053 |
Egypt |
|
Police officers allegedly insulted, beat, and tortured a lawyer following his arrival to the police station on 6 May. On 5 May 2016, Egyptian security forces arrested the lawyer in Cairos Maadi district and brought him to Shubra al-Kheima police station in northern Cairo. On May 7, his lawyers filed a complaint to several authorities, including the head judge of the Supreme Judicial Council, the prosecutor-general, the Lawyers Syndicate, and the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). In the complaint, they say that police officers allegedly insulted, beat and tortured the human rights defender. |
| 5,989,216 |
31.13159 |
33.79844 |
Egypt |
|
On 7 May, a police officer was reportedly injured by an IED that targeted his armoured vehicle as it was crossing Arish-Rafah International Road. |
| 5,989,220 |
29.84144 |
31.30084 |
Egypt |
|
Two militant groups, including the Islamic State's affiliate inEgypt and 'Popular Resistance', claimed responsibility for anattackthat killed eight policemen in the early hours of 8 May in Helwan in Greater Cairo. According to a statement by the interior ministry, four unidentified assailants with automatic weapons stopped a police vehicle carrying eight policemen dressed in civilian clothes. The policemen were inspecting the security situation in a Helwan district. The Islamic State's affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for the attack and said that it comes as part of a series of attacks "in retaliation" for women's imprisonment in Egyptian jails. It was not possible to verify the statements, though most media reported the attack as being carried out by the Islamic State affilate group. According to a resident in the Daily News Egypt, the attack was carried out by members of the Arab Abu Maseid tribe, using a machine gun fixed on a truck. |
| 5,989,224 |
31.02336 |
31.64575 |
Egypt |
|
Dozens of farmers in Dakahlia Governorate cut the road in Obaid over the wheat crisis. |
| 5,989,229 |
31.13159 |
33.79844 |
Egypt |
|
A police officer and two soldiers were reportedly killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) that targeted their security vehicle on 9 May south of Al Arish, according to North Sinai-based journalist who preferred to remain anonymous. |
| 5,989,340 |
-18.9386 |
47.5167 |
Madagascar |
|
Unions of labour inspectors and controllers began a general strike in Antananarivo after failing to come to an agreement with the government. |
| 5,989,234 |
31.12502 |
33.74021 |
Egypt |
|
A police officer and a solider were reportedly injured on 10 May when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in Al-Arish city in the North Sinai governorate. The bomb was placed near to al-Masaeed fuel station in Arish, and injured the two policemen who were inside the vehicle as they passed the bomb's location, in addition to a citizen walking in the near vicinity of the station at the time of the explosion. |
| 5,989,238 |
25.77404 |
32.73397 |
Egypt |
|
On 13 May, a number of residents in Al-A'shie village in Luxor set two police cars on fire and hurled stones at the officers, apparently in response to the arrest of two men riding a motorbike without license plates. Additional security forces were sent to the scene of the incident to "control and disperse" the angry crowd. |
