Africa

Female suicide bomber kills Chad soldier and five others in Kaiga-Kindjiria

A female suicide bomber killed six people after blowing herself up in Chad in an attack attributed to a faction of Boko Haram

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Mali children face increased violence threat from terrorist attacks, UNICEF says

UNICEF warned children in Mali faced rising violence with more than 150 killed in the first half of the year in jihadist and ethnic attacks

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Nigeria: Female Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 3 in Mafa

Two female suicide bombers killed three civilians and wounded eight in a suspected Boko Haram attack in Borno, northeast Nigeria

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US signals shift to Africa in counter-ISIS Coalition campaign

The United States will seek additional international cooperation to fight Islamic State on a global scale, with a particular focus on Africa

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Renamo signs historic peace pact with Mozambique government

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade signed a landmark agreement to end decades of hostilities

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ISWAP killed ‘dozens’ of Nigeria and Chad troops near Baga in July 29 clashes

Clashes between the MNJTF and ISWAP fighters near Baga in northeast Nigeria on Monday left 25 soldiers and at least 40 jihadists dead

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Islamic State claims 25 Nigeria soldiers killed in Benisheikh assault

ISIS said ISWAP fighters killed 25 soldiers in an assault on a military base in Benisheikh in northeast Nigeria's Borno state

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Boko Haram is ‘defeated,’ Nigeria insists, blaming international jihadists for ongoing insurgency

Nigeria's presidency claimed Boko Haram's 10-year-old insurgency had been "defeated" but admitted that international jihadist groups posed a growing threat

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Nigeria: Soldier, 10 Islamic State insurgents killed in Baga, MNJTF says

One soldier was killed in an ISWAP attack in Baga in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state that also saw 10 insurgents killed

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Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks Dalori military base and IDP camp

At least two people were killed when Boko Haram fighters raided a camp near Maiduguri for people displaced by conflict in northeast Nigeria

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