Africa • Page 237 of 293 • The Defense Post

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2 July

Nigerien officers received counter-IED training in Exercise Flintlock 17

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Niger: 18 soldiers killed in attack on military outpost near Inates

Armed men launched a car bomb attack on a Nigerian army base in western Niger near the border with Mali, a military source said

Jun- 2019 -

27 June

Staff Writer With AFP

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Suicide bombers target police in Tunis

Suicide bombers targeted police on Tunisia's capital Tunis, injuring civilians and police personnel

27 June

Staff Writer With AFP

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Nigeria troops repel ISWAP attack on Goniri base in Yobe state, army says

Nigerian troops have thwarted an Islamic State attack on a military formation in Yobe state, killing dozens of fighters, the army said

27 June

Staff Writer With AFP

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Libya government forces capture key town from Haftar’s fighters

Libyan forces opposed to Khalifa Haftar claimed to have retaken Gharyan, a strategic town where the commander's fighters were based in the west of the country

26 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Egypt police officers killed in Islamic State attack in North Sinai

Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack near Arish in restive North Sinai, Egypt's interior ministry said

24 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Ethiopia police kill man suspected of deadly ‘coup’ plot

Ethiopian police have shot dead a security chief suspected of orchestrating a deadly bid to overthrow the regional government, with possible links to the murder of the army chief

23 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Chad soldiers killed in apparent Islamic State attack near N’Gouboua

At least seven Chadian soldiers and a local guard were killed in an apparent Islamic State ambush in the N'Gouboua area near Lake Chad

23 June

Staff Writer With AFP

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Ethiopia army chief killed in failed coup attempt, Abiy’s office says

Ethiopia's army chief Seare Mekonnen was shot dead by his bodyguard just hours after an attempted coup in Amhara state left the regional president and another top adviser dead

22 June

Fergus Kelly

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Nigeria: Chad soldier killed in MNJTF counter-ISWAP operation in Baga area

At least one Chadian was killed and 12 other soldiers injured in Nigeria during a MNJTF operation against Islamic State fighters in the Baga area of Borno state

22 June