Africa

Jan- 2019 -

15 January

An explosion and gunfire were reported at the Ducit hotel and office complex at 14 Riverside in the Westlands area of Kenya's capital Nairobi

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Kenya: Explosion and gunfire reported at Nairobi hotel and office complex

Gunfire and at least one explosion have been reported at a hotel and office complex in the Westlands neighborhood of the Kenyan capital Nairobi

15 January

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Boko Haram militants overrun Rann near Nigeria border with Cameroon

Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base in remote northeast Nigeria, setting fire to shelters for those made homeless by the conflict

14 January

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Mozambique: Islamist militants suspected in Cabo Delgado killings

Militant Islamists are suspected to have killed 12 people in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique as they shift attacks to vehicles

12 January

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‘Terrorist’ attack in Gasseliki in northern Burkina Faso kills 12

Twelve people were killed and two injured in a terrorist attack in Gasseliki in Burkina Faso's northern Soum province, the security ministry said

11 January

Burkina Faso Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Moise Miningou

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Burkina Faso appoints new armed forces chief as militant attacks continue

Burkina Faso's armed forces chief Oumarou Sadou was replaced by Moise Miningou as the military struggles to put a stop to terrorist attacks

10 January

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Portugal paratroops in five-hour firefight with UPC militia in Central African Republic

Portuguese peacekeepers battled for five hours to restore order after militants killed two police officers in the Central African Republic town of Bambari

10 January

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Nigeria troops return to Baga after ISWA attacks force thousands to flee

Nigerian troops were back in the Lake Chad town of Baga after Boko Haram attacks forced tens of thousands to flee

9 January

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ADF attack in Beni kills 10, DR Congo army says

Seven civilians and three soldiers were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo when a militia attacked a military post in the Beni region

9 January

ISWA attack on Baga military base, Nigeria

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Nigeria: More than 30,000 people flee Baga violence

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in Baga, northeast Nigeria, after an increase in Boko Haram violence, the UN said

9 January

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera announced on January 9, 2019 that peace talks between the government and armed groups would be held later in the month

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Central African government to meet armed groups in Khartoum for peace talks

The African Union said that long-awaited peace talks between the Central African Republic and militia groups would take place in Khartoum

Kenya: Explosion and gunfire reported at Nairobi hotel and office complex

Boko Haram militants overrun Rann near Nigeria border with Cameroon

Mozambique: Islamist militants suspected in Cabo Delgado killings

‘Terrorist’ attack in Gasseliki in northern Burkina Faso kills 12

Burkina Faso appoints new armed forces chief as militant attacks continue

Portugal paratroops in five-hour firefight with UPC militia in Central African Republic

Nigeria troops return to Baga after ISWA attacks force thousands to flee

ADF attack in Beni kills 10, DR Congo army says

Nigeria: More than 30,000 people flee Baga violence

Central African government to meet armed groups in Khartoum for peace talks

Nigeria troops repel Boko Haram attacks in Borno and Yobe states, army says

Casualties reported in suicide attack on Coalition-SDF convoy in northeast Syria

Taliban kill Afghanistan security forces in Wardak military compound attack

Israel fighter jets strike Iranian targets in Syria

Mali: 10 UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Aguelhok base

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Nigeria troops repel Boko Haram attacks in Borno and Yobe states, army says

Casualties reported in suicide attack on Coalition-SDF convoy in northeast Syria

Taliban kill Afghanistan security forces in Wardak military compound attack

Israel fighter jets strike Iranian targets in Syria

Mali: 10 UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Aguelhok base

Six Nigeria soldiers killed in Boko Haram raid in Kamuya

Police investigate ‘suspected car bomb’ in Derry, Northern Ireland

Last battlefield: The future of Syria’s Idlib after HTS militant takeover

New Ethiopian offensive suggests difficulty in managing peace process

Russian Su-34 fighter jets collide during training over Sea of Japan