More than two hundred civilians were assassinated, without motive, because of chance meetings or at the humour of the soldiers.
What the 20th century has shown the world is the effects of modern war technology on civilians.
There is evidence that upon independence in 1975, anti-witchcraft trials were held again in some parts of the south-east at the instigation of civilians.
The priests reported the arbitrary killings of civilians in almost all the places where there were missions.
While ostensibly run by civilians, navy men held important positions in nearly every society.
However, news reports indicate that police forces were more interested in mounting illegal checkpoints and extorting bribes from civilians than in maintaining law and order.
Common law borrowed nothing of much substance from contemporary canonists and civilians.
The constant risk of betrayal meant isolating themselves from encounters with civilians other than carefully arranged meetings.
