Africa
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Jul- 2019 -3 July
Suspected Tunis suicide bombing plotter killed, ministry says
The suspected mastermind of twin suicide bombings in Tunis was killed when he blew himself up during a police manhunt outside the capital
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3 July
Libya National Army airstrike on Tajoura migrant detention center kills and injures dozens
Dozens of people were killed and injured in an airstrike on a migrant detention center in the eastern suburbs of the Libyan capital Tripoli
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2 July
Niger: 18 soldiers killed in attack on military outpost near Inates
Armed men launched a car bomb attack on a Nigerian army base in western Niger near the border with Mali, a military source said
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Jun- 2019 -27 June
Suicide bombers target police in Tunis
Suicide bombers targeted police on Tunisia's capital Tunis, injuring civilians and police personnel
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27 June
Nigeria troops repel ISWAP attack on Goniri base in Yobe state, army says
Nigerian troops have thwarted an Islamic State attack on a military formation in Yobe state, killing dozens of fighters, the army said
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27 June
Libya government forces capture key town from Haftar’s fighters
Libyan forces opposed to Khalifa Haftar claimed to have retaken Gharyan, a strategic town where the commander's fighters were based in the west of the country
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26 June
Egypt police officers killed in Islamic State attack in North Sinai
Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack near Arish in restive North Sinai, Egypt's interior ministry said
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24 June
Ethiopia police kill man suspected of deadly ‘coup’ plot
Ethiopian police have shot dead a security chief suspected of orchestrating a deadly bid to overthrow the regional government, with possible links to the murder of the army chief
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23 June
Chad soldiers killed in apparent Islamic State attack near N’Gouboua
At least seven Chadian soldiers and a local guard were killed in an apparent Islamic State ambush in the N'Gouboua area near Lake Chad
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23 June
Ethiopia army chief killed in failed coup attempt, Abiy’s office says
Ethiopia's army chief Seare Mekonnen was shot dead by his bodyguard just hours after an attempted coup in Amhara state left the regional president and another top adviser dead
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