Africa

Boko Haram attacks Nigeria army bases in Bama and Rann

Soldiers have fought off attempts by Boko Haram fighters to overrun two army bases in northeast Nigeria, in the latest attacks to hit the region

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US resists UN funding for African Union-led peacekeeping missions

A bid by African countries to secure U.N. funding for peacekeeping operations suffered a significant setback as the US proposed 11 conditions for the financing

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Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks military bases in Gudumbali and Mallam Fatori

Boko Haram jihadists attacked military bases in Gudumbali and Mallam Fatori in Nigeria's restive northeast Borno state, killing one soldier and injuring several others

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The tentative ties between the Allied Democratic Forces and ISIS

Growing evidence is emerging of links between Islamic State and the ADF, a Ugandan-led militant group based in Democratic Republic of Congo, Robert Postings reports

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DR Congo army clashes with Yakutumba rebels kill 18 as election tensions rise

Clashes between the army and rebels loyal to renegade former general William Amuri Yakutumba in Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 18 people

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Six ‘terrorists’ shot dead in eastern Burkina Faso firefight

Six people were shot dead by police near Bougui in eastern Burkina Faso during a "terrorist attack" on a security patrol

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Nigeria: Boko Haram kill 2 in Yobe state raid, injure 5 in suicide attack in Maiduguri

Boko Haram militants killed two soldiers in a gun attack in Buni Gari in Nigeria's Yobe state, and injured five militia members in a suicide bomb attack in Borno state capital Maiduguri

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ISIS claims 8 Nigeria soldiers killed in attack near Gamboru in the Lake Chad area

Islamic State claimed eight Nigerian Army soldiers were killed and 17 wounded in an attack near Gamboru in the Lake Chad area, close to the border with Cameroon

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Five killed in bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso

Five people, four of them police, were killed when their convoy was hit by a complex roadside bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso

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Nigeria police kill more than 100 ‘bandits’ in Zamfara crackdown

Nigerian police claimed over 100 "bandits" were killed in a crackdown targeting crime in the state of Zamfara, following a surge in kidnappings and cattle rustling

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