Africa • Page 194 of 238 • The Defense Post

Mar- 2019 -

13 March

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Niger says army killed 33 Boko Haram fighters in Lake Chad region

Niger said it had killed 33 Boko Haram "terrorists" and seized vehicles and weapons in an operation in the Lake Chad region in the country's southeast

13 March

Staff Writer With AFP

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Mali troops killed by landmines in Mopti region

Six Malian troops were killed when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the center of the West African country

11 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Chad claims hundreds of UFDD rebel fighters laid down arms

Four hundred fighters from the UFDD rebel group in Libya surrendered their weapons and are "back on the side of the law," Chad Defense Minister Brahim said

10 March

Nigerien officer conducts training during Exercise Flintlock 2017

Staff Writer With AFP

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Seven Niger soldiers, dozens of militants killed in Boko Haram attack in Diffa region

Seven soldiers and 38 militants died in an assault by the Boko Haram jihadist group in Gueskerou in the Diffa region of southeastern Niger

8 March

Staff Writer With AFP

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UN considering downsizing DR Congo peacekeeping mission

The UN is considering a drawdown of its large peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and charting a course towards an exit strategy

7 March

Staff Writer With AFP

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Egypt police officer wounded in Cairo raid that killed 7 suspected militants

An Egyptian police officer was wounded and seven suspected Hasm group militants were killed in a firefight and raid in the capital Cairo, the interior ministry said

7 March

A bomb exploded near a restaurant in central Mogadishu, Somalia

Staff Writer With AFP

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Al Shabaab claims car bombing that killed 4 in Somalia capital

Four people were killed and nine wounded by a car bomb near a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia police said, for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility

6 March

Staff Writer With AFP