Africa
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Jul- 2021 -26 July
Nigerian Bandits Release 28 Kidnapped Students
Gunmen who seized 121 students at a high school in northwestern Nigeria in early July have released 28 of them.
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23 July
Nigeria Receives Six Warplanes From US to Fight Insurgency
Nigeria has received six of 12 turboprop light attack aircraft from the United States to help fight mounting insecurity.
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23 July
16 Civilians Killed in Suspected Militia Attack in DR Congo
Suspected members of an Islamist militia killed 16 people as they were returning from a weekly market in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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21 July
US Launches Air Strike Targeting Al Shabaab in Somalia
The US military conducted an air strike against Al-Qaeda affiliated Al Shabaab jihadists on Tuesday, the first since President Joe Biden took office.
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19 July
13 Policemen Killed in Northwest Nigeria
Thirteen policemen were killed in an ambush by cattle thieves in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state.
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16 July
Mozambique Formally Seeks Help From Neighbors to Stem Insurgency
Mozambique has lodged an official request for military intervention from neighboring countries to help quell a jihadist insurgency in the gas-rich north.
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15 July
Ethiopia Leaders Threaten New Offensive Against Tigray Rebels
Ethiopian leaders said they were ready to launch a new offensive against their "enemies" after rebels pushed deeper into Tigray, effectively tearing up a government-declared ceasefire in the war-torn region.
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14 July
France’s Sahel Military Force Will End in Early 2022: Macron
France's anti-jihadist military force in the Sahel region, which today involves over 5,000 troops, will end in the first quarter of 2022.
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13 July
Burkina Attack Leaves 10 Dead, Including 7 Defense Volunteers
Ten people were killed in northern Burkina Faso, seven of them members of a civilian defense force, security sources said Monday, in an attack in a region that has been repeatedly hit by jihadists.
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13 July
Rebel Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray Launch New Offensive
Tigrayan forces launched a new offensive in the conflict-torn northern region of Ethiopia, two weeks after the federal government declared a unilateral ceasefire in the face of rebel advances.
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