Africa
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Mar- 2019 -6 March
Nigeria: Roadside bomb blast blamed on ISWA kills 5 people near Maiduguri
Five farmers were killed when their vehicle was struck by a mine outside Addamari near the restive northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri
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5 March
UK and Egypt mark increased defense cooperation with Exercise Ahmose
British and Egyptian forces kicked off joint exercise Ahmose in northern Egypt, marking the growing strategic partnership between the two countries
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1 March
Roadside bomb blast in Mali kills 9 soldiers in G5 Sahel joint force
Nine Malian soldiers attached to the G5 Sahel Joint Force were killed when a vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by a roadside bomb
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1 March
Fighting ends in Somalia capital after Al Shabaab attack leaves 19 dead
Security forces ended a siege by Al-Shabaab nearly 24 hours after insurgents mounted an attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu that left at least 19 dead
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Feb- 2019 -28 February
Denmark proposes deployment to France’s Operation Barkhane in the Sahel
The Danish government announced that it plans to send troops and transport helicopters to support France's Operation Barkhane in the Sahel
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27 February
IED hidden in corpse kills 17 in central Mali
Seventeen people were killed in a blast caused by a booby-trapped corpse in Diankabou in central Mali, security sources and a local official said
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25 February
Mali: France airstrike kills 15 in Mopti as EU training base in Koulikoro attacked
French forces with Operation Barkhane and Malian forces killed 15 suspected members of Katiba Macina in an airstrike in Mopti
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23 February
Boko Haram attacks reported across northern Nigeria on polling day
One soldier was killed and 20 others wounded in Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri, just hours before voting began in Nigeria's presidential election
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22 February
French forces kill JNIM deputy leader El Hamame in Mali, Parly says
French forces have killed a top al-Qaeda and JNIM leader, Yahya Abou El Hamame, in an operation in Mali, defense minister Florence Parly said
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22 February
US gas company Anadarko’s convoy attacked in Mozambique
One person was killed and six others injured when two convoys operated by US gas giant Anadarko came under attack in northern Mozambique, an area which has been rocked by a spate of violence
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