Africa

Six Dead in Jihadist Attacks in Northeast Nigeria: Aid Groups

Aid groups in Nigeria said six civilians died in a suspected jihadist attack on a northeastern town that, according to the UN, "directly targeted" aid facilities.

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Burkina Faso Road Bomb Kills Six in Ambulance

Six people, including a pregnant woman and a young girl, were killed in northern Burkina Faso when the ambulance they were traveling in struck a highway bomb, authorities said Wednesday.

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US Must Reverse Ethiopia Funding Cuts to Avoid Further Horn of Africa Destabilization

Failure to reverse US cuts to critical programs in Ethiopia will not only further destabilize Africa's second-most populous country but also the entire Horn of Africa region.

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All 279 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released: Governor

All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, the local governor said Tuesday.

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ISWAP Jihadists Attack UN Base in Nigeria, Trapping 25 Aid Workers

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State have attacked a UN base and overrun a humanitarian hub in northeastern Nigeria, trapping 25 aid workers, security and humanitarian sources said.

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DRC Army Says Killed 16 Fighters in New Offensive

The army in Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday it had killed 16 militiamen for the loss of three soldiers in a three-day push against an armed group in the country's northeast.

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US, Russia Warships Dock in Strategic Sudan Port

A US warship docked in Sudan Monday a day after a Russian frigate arrived in the same key Red Sea port where Moscow is planning to establish a naval logistics base, an AFP correspondent said.

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ADF Militia Raids in Eastern DR Congo Kill 10 Civilians: Army

Fighters thought to belong to the notorious Allied Democratic Forces militia killed 10 civilians in two overnight attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Sunday.

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Cameroon Troops Raped 20 Women, Killed Man: HRW

Cameroonian soldiers raped at least 20 women, including four with disabilities, and killed a man in a raid last year in an English-speaking secessionist region, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

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Nine Gendarmes Killed in Central Mali Attack

Nine gendarmes were killed in an attack near the central Malian town of Bandiagara, in an area where jihadist groups are rampant, a military official said on Friday.

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