Africa
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Oct- 2020 -5 October
Turkey Pledges ‘Full Solidarity’ With Libya Unity Govt
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed "full solidarity" with Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord during a meeting in Istanbul, his office said.
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2 October
DR Congo Militia Fighting Kills 11 in Ituri Province Despite Peace Deal
Fighting between DR Congo's regular army and a militia force has claimed 11 lives and breached a peace deal in the conflict-plagued northeast of the country, according to UN sources.
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Sep- 2020 -28 September
ISWAP Jihadists Attack Nigeria’s Borno State Governor’s Convoy
Jihadists have attacked a convoy of a regional governor in Nigeria's restive northeast, just two days after a similar ambush targeting him left 30 dead, two security sources said Monday.
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25 September
Five Killed in Rebel Attack in Restive DR Congo Province
Five people were killed overnight in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni by rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces.
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24 September
Eleven Killed, 1,000 Homes Torched in DR Congo Clashes
Brutal clashes between communities over farmland in central DR Congo earlier this month left 11 people dead, almost 10,000 displaced and nearly a thousand homes torched, a local charity said.
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22 September
EU Sanctions Three Firms for Breaking Libya Arms Embargo
The European Union imposed sanctions on three companies for breaching the UN arms embargo on Libya, drawing an angry reaction from Turkey.
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21 September
13 Killed in Eastern DR Congo’s ‘Death Triangle’
Twelve civilians and a soldier were killed overnight in eastern DR Congo in an attack blamed on rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, a local official said Monday.
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18 September
‘Bandits’ Kill Seven in Northern Nigeria: Police
Gunmen have killed two policemen and five farmers in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, police said.
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18 September
Islamic State Expanding Globally Amid Setbacks: US Official
The Islamic State group continues to expand globally with some 20 affiliates, despite being forced out of Syria and the killing of its leaders, a top US counter-terror official said Thursday.
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17 September
Aid Worker With Charity World Vision Killed in DR Congo
A worker with the British charity World Vision has been killed in an ambush on a humanitarian convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the aid group said on Thursday.
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