War & Conflicts
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Military ups death toll in Mali attack to 54
Mali’s armed forces said Saturday that they had discovered 54 bodies after attacks on camps in northeastern Mali last weekend, upping the toll by six. The attacks hit the restive west African country’s Menaka region,…
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Ex-DR Congo Leader Kabila Takes Over Eastern Rebellion, but Next Move Unclear
In a surprise move, former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila has taken charge of the rebellion led by the anti-government armed group M23 in the east of the country, raising questions about his military and…
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Sudan Airstrike Kills Five Children: Rights Group
The strike came as fighting has intensified in the strategic region linking eastern and western Sudan, where the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling for territory more than three years…
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Chad Militia Kills 2 Soldiers in Gold-Rich North
Clashes between the Chad military and militia in the north of the country left two soldiers dead and nine others wounded, the military said Thursday.
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Jihadists Kill 15 Troops, Five Militia Members in Nigeria
Grema Butari, a Mairari resident, said the fighters attacked the base around 2200 GMT, dislodged the troops after a “prolonged battle” and remained there until daybreak.
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Hundreds Rally in Somaliland After Trump Comments
Hundreds of people rallied in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa on Wednesday, waving US and Somaliland flags, celebrating US President Donald Trump calling it “a totally different country”.
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Ethiopian Forces Approach Eritrea Border Town: Militia, Resident
A foreign security source has estimated that between 5,000 and 8,000 Eritrean forces were deployed in Ethiopian territory to support the rebels but were also forced into an apparent retreat.A foreign security source has estimated that…
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Ethiopian govt forces enter key Tigray town near Eritrea border
Ethiopian federal forces and their allies entered a key northern Tigrayan town near the Eritrean border without a fight, residents told AFP on Monday, after it was abandoned by rebels. Clashes erupted in late September…
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72 killed in airstrike on gold mine on Sudan-Egypt border: rights group
At least 72 workers were killed by airstrikes on a gold mine on the Sudan-Egypt border, a Sudanese rights group said on Sunday, after survivors described scenes of chaos in the mountainous region. The Emergency…
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India Deploys Thousands of Police Ahead of Election Protest
Police have not authorised rallies at the site, and ordered restrictions on the metro subway system from Friday evening “in view of proposed protests and the likelihood of unruly mob movement”, a police letter to…
