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Mar- 2021 -

2 March

All 279 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released: Governor

All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, the local governor said Tuesday.

2 March

Nigerian soldiers patrol on October 12, 2019, after gunmen suspected of belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group carried out a deadly attack in the village of Tungushe, Borno state

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ISWAP Jihadists Attack UN Base in Nigeria, Trapping 25 Aid Workers

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State have attacked a UN base and overrun a humanitarian hub in northeastern Nigeria, trapping 25 aid workers, security and humanitarian sources said.

1 March

A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) stands guard on a hill overlooking a United Nations tank position near the village of Kibumba I, around 20km from the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's restive North Kivu province on July 11, 2012.

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DRC Army Says Killed 16 Fighters in New Offensive

The army in Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday it had killed 16 militiamen for the loss of three soldiers in a three-day push against an armed group in the country's northeast.

1 March

USS Winston S. Churchill patrolling the Atlantic waters

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US, Russia Warships Dock in Strategic Sudan Port

A US warship docked in Sudan Monday a day after a Russian frigate arrived in the same key Red Sea port where Moscow is planning to establish a naval logistics base, an AFP correspondent said.

1 March

Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers march on December 31, 2013 in Eringeti towards the front line in Beni to fight against the Allied Democratic Forces.

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ADF Militia Raids in Eastern DR Congo Kill 10 Civilians: Army

Fighters thought to belong to the notorious Allied Democratic Forces militia killed 10 civilians in two overnight attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Sunday.

Feb- 2021 -

26 February

File photo of government soldiers are seen on patrol in Bafut, in the restive northwest English-speaking region of Cameroon, November 15, 2017

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Cameroon Troops Raped 20 Women, Killed Man: HRW

Cameroonian soldiers raped at least 20 women, including four with disabilities, and killed a man in a raid last year in an English-speaking secessionist region, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

26 February

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Nine Gendarmes Killed in Central Mali Attack

Nine gendarmes were killed in an attack near the central Malian town of Bandiagara, in an area where jihadist groups are rampant, a military official said on Friday.

26 February

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New Abduction at Nigeria School, Hundreds Feared Missing

Suspected armed bandits raided a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria overnight, a teacher and parent said Friday, raising fears of another mass kidnapping in the region.

25 February

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Burkina Faso Military Kills 11 ‘Terrorists’ in Jihadist-Plagued North

Burkina Faso's armed forces said Thursday they had killed 11 "terrorists" during an operation in the country's jihadist-plagued north after a recent surge in attacks.

25 February