Militia Group stories:
Rights group urges Colombia to control militias
Feb 3rd, 2010 - Boston
bogota-new militias have arisen to replace colombia's notorious right-wing paramilitary groups and they are committing the same sorts of violence as their predecessors, a prominent international rights organization said wednesday.
more than 31,000Dozens killed in clashes between Taliban, another Islamist militia; fighters defect to gov't
Mar 7th, 2010 - Gaea Times
afghan militants battle taliban, defect to gov't kabul — dozens of fighters died in armed clashes between the taliban and another islamist group in northeastern afghanistan, and some militants defected to afghan government forces sunday as battles
Report: Congo militia recruits child witch doctors
Feb 26th, 2010 - ColumbiaMissourian
from the coalition to stop the use of child soldiers said children are targeted by the mai mai militia because the group believes their lack of sexual experience gives them special powers as witch doctors. the children are called on to administer potions believed
Darfur fighting mars peace pact
Feb 25th, 2010 - BBC NEWS
the sla insists on the disarmament of arab militias before talks
renewed fighting is reported to have broken out in darfur despite sudan's president omar al-bashir declaring the war in the western region was over.
french aid group medecins du mondeDarfur rebels sign truce deal with Sudan
Feb 20th, 2010 - Washington Post
n'djamena, chad -- chad's president says darfur's most powerful rebel group has signed a truce with the sudanese government. idriss deby said in a statement saturday that the truce between the rebel justice and equality movement and the sudanese


