Africa

Mali: Former rebels and militia fighters abducted from bus in Mopti region

Armed men abducted 22 members of a Mali military unit comprising CMA ex-rebels and former members of the Platforme of armed pro-government groups

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Burkina Faso soldier killed in Soum ambush

One Burkina Faso soldier and five assailants were killed in an ambush on an army patrol in Diomsogui in Soum province in the Sahel region

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ISIS claims Nigeria soldiers killed in Gajiram attack

ISIS claimed ISWAP fighters killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a military base in Gajiram in the Lake Chad area of Borno state

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Nigeria repatriates 3 orphan children of ISIS adherents in northeast Syria

Three orphans born to Nigerian Islamic State adherents were handed over to Nigerian officials in northeast Syria

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UN chief Guterres warns of ‘continental scale’ terrorism in Africa

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted the threat of cross-border terrorism in Africa, warning that the ADF is linked to groups across the continent

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Guterres again calls for UN to fund G5 Sahel counter-terrorism force

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again pushed for funding for the G5 Sahel force, warning "we are not winning the war against terrorism"

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Nigeria soldiers killed in ISWAP ambush near Monguno

Eight Nigerian soldiers were killed near Monguno in the Lake Chad area of Borno state in an ambush blamed on Islamic State West Africa Province

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Nigeria: ISWAP blamed for killing construction workers in Wajirko

ISWAP insurgents were blamed for killing 11 construction workers in the village of Wajirko in Borno state in northeast Nigeria

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Chad court jails 243 rebels over incursion from Libya in February

Chad jailed to 243 rebels who crossed into the northeast of the country from Libya in February before their incursion was halted by French air strikes

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Nigeria soldiers ambushed in Mogula near Cameroon border

Four Nigerian troops were killed in an ambush in Borno state carried out by fighters suspected to be from Islamic State West Africa Province

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