Africa
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Jun- 2018 -11 June
Central African Republic seeks UN approval for China arms deliveries
Central African Republic asked the U.N. Security Council to approve deliveries of Chinese armored vehicles, rockets, machine guns, tear gas, ammunition and other equipment for its army and police
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11 June
UN peacekeeper killed, Central African Republic soldier injured in Bambari clashes
A Burundian U.N. peacekeeper was killed and a Central African Republic soldier injured in clashes in Bambari in the centre of the country, U.N. sources said
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8 June
US finds civilian casualty reports in Somalia raid not credible, Africom says
A review of a U.S.-Somalia joint raid last month on suspected al-Shabaab fighters in Bulcida found that civilian casualty allegations were not credible, U.S. Africa Command said.
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6 June
Five Kenyan police killed in roadside bomb blast near Somalia border
Five Kenyan paramilitary police officers were killed after their vehicle struck a homemade landmine in Liboi, close to the eastern border with Somalia, a government official said
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5 June
Suspected Mozambique jihadists kill 7 people with ‘machetes,’ burn 164 homes
Suspected jihadists hacked seven people to death with machetes and set dozens of homes on fire in northern Mozambique, police said, in a region that has suffered a spate incidents in recent weeks
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4 June
UN peacekeeper killed, 7 wounded in ambush near Berberati, Central African Republic
A UN peacekeeper from Tanzania was killed and seven others wounded when their patrol was ambushed by gunmen in Dilapoko in southwest Central African Republic
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4 June
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 27 militants, Africom says
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 27 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said
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3 June
Mozambique police kill 9 ‘insurgents’ in Cabo Delgado province
Police in Mozambique said that they killed nine "insurgents" in the country's far north after ten people were decapitated by suspected jihadists in the region a week earlier
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1 June
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 12 militants, Africom says
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 12 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said
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1 June
Decades after the end of empire, Portugal’s military returns to Africa in a new role
Decades after Portugal ended its more than 500-year-old empire in Africa, the Portuguese military has returned in force, from Mali to Somalia, and now Central African Republic
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