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13 September

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Ahead of ECOWAS counter-terror summit, JNIM targets ‘G5 Sahel’ forces in Mali

Dioungani ambush targeted 'G5 forces', al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM claims, ahead of west Africa summit on countering terrorism in the Sahel and Lake Chad

13 September

Fergus Kelly

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Central African Republic arms embargo eased by UN

The UN Security Council unanimously approved the easing of an arms embargo on the Central African Republic for the first time since 2013

12 September

Staff Writer With AFP

Morocco cleared for $985 million TOW missile and F-16 bomb purchases

The US State Department approved the $985 million sale to Morocco of 2,400 anti-tank guided missiles and more than 6,000 bombs for its F-16 aircraft

12 September

Staff Writer With AFP

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Nearly 22,000 people missing in decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria

Nearly 22,000 people, mostly children, are missing as a result of the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the ICRC said

11 September

Boko Haram - Islamic State West Africa Province

Fergus Kelly

Nigeria: Islamic State claims ‘tens’ of military casualties in 2 Borno attacks

An ISWAP ambush near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad area of Borno state killed "several" Nigerian soldiers, although an AFP source spoke of "huge" casualties

10 September

US Marines advise Burkina Faso Gendarmerie

Staff Writer With AFP

Burkina Faso police killed in Soum ambush

Six police officers were killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, in the Soum region prone to jihadist violence, security sources said

9 September

South Sudan Kiir-Machar power-sharing deal signed

Staff Writer With AFP

South Sudan rebel leader Machar visits Juba in peace deal push

South Sudan's exiled rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Juba for the first time in a year to meet President Salva Kiir and try salvage a stalled peace agreement

9 September