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25 June

Niger Armed Forces at Nigerien Air Base 201

At Least 10 Dead in Western Niger Attacks: Local Officials

At least 10 people were killed Thursday in Niger's western Tillaberi province, where civilians are increasingly falling prey to attacks blamed on jihadists, local officials said.

24 June

Dozens of people were wounded or killed in an airstrike on a market in the town of Togoga in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region

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At Least 64 Dead in Ethiopia Air Strike on Tigray Market

At least 64 people were killed and 180 injured in an Ethiopian airstrike on a market in the war-torn Tigray region, a local health officer said Thursday.

24 June

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Two Killed in Niger as Troops Foil Jihadist Attack

Two villagers were killed during a raid in Niger's troubled south as troops repulsed an attack by jihadists in another area, security sources said Wednesday.

24 June

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Southern African Bloc to Send Troops to Insurgency-Hit Mozambique

Southern African countries agreed to deploy forces to help quell a jihadist insurgency, as military and security sources said late Wednesday there had been fresh clashes with Islamist militants in northern Mozambique.

23 June

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Five Catholics Kidnapped in Central Mali

Armed men in central Mali have abducted five Catholics, including an abbot, Church officials said, in the latest kidnapping in the war-torn Sahel state.

22 June

A military personnel stands outside the headquarters of the country's defence forces in Ouagadougou on March 3, 2018 a day after dozens of people were killed in twin attacks on the French embassy and the country's military.

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Burkina Faso Troops Kill 11 Jihadists, Destroy 3 Bases

Burkina Faso soldiers killed 11 jihadists and destroyed three "terrorist" bases last week in security operations after the deadliest massacre in the country's six-year jihadist insurgency, the army said.

21 June

File photo of government soldiers are seen on patrol in Bafut, in the restive northwest English-speaking region of Cameroon, November 15, 2017

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Separatist Rebels Kill Three Gendarmes in Cameroon

Anglophone separatist rebels in Cameroon's Northwest region killed three gendarmes, the latest deaths in a bloody four-year conflict.

17 June

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France Arrests ‘High-Ranking’ ISGS Jihadist Abou Dardar in Mali

French forces in Mali have captured a man they describe as a "high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara," the French military said.

15 June

Planners for exercise African Lion 21 survey a small arms weapons range during a visit to Morocco, January 20, 2021

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US-Led War Games Underway in Morocco Near Disputed W.Sahara

US-led forces are carrying out war games near the disputed region of Western Sahara, in exercises jointly organized with Morocco and touted by US Africa Command as its largest.

15 June