Africa

Government officials, soldier killed in Boko Haram attack on Lake Chad island

Six people were killed, including four government officials and a soldier, in Boko Haram attack on a Chadian army checkpoint on an island in Lake Chad, a military source told AFP

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UN deploys helicopter to counter ex-Seleka militia “infiltration” in Central African Republic

The U.N. deployed air and ground assets in an operation to defeat what it said was an "infiltration" attempt by the ex-Seleka FPRC militia near Dekoa in Central African Republic

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Death toll in Libya election commission bombing rises to 14

Libya's health ministry said the death toll from the suicide attack against the headquarters of the electoral commission in Tripoli had risen to 14.

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US hands 2 C-208 reconnaissance aircraft to Chad

The United States formally handed over to Chad two Cessna C-208B light reconnaissance aircraft intended to help its forces fight a jihadist insurgency

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Mali Tuaregs blame ISIS-linked group for third deadly attack on civilians in a week

Jihadists killed 17 civilians in an attack of “inexplicable horror” in northern Mali near the border with Niger, local militia groups said

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Dozens of casualties in surge of Central African Republic violence

Large protests continued after at least 16 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in clashes including between militia and security forces in the capital Bangui

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Suicide bombers kill dozens in northeast Nigerian market and mosque

Dozens of people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque and a market in Mubi, northeast Nigeria, residents said.

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Sahel: Dozens of Tuareg killed on Mali-Niger border; 100 arrested, explosives seized in Burkina Faso

43 Tuareg were killed in attacks on Mali's border with Niger, while Burkina Faso authorities arrested 100 people and seized explosives near its Mali border

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Ivory Coast to send 450 peacekeepers to Central African Republic

Ivory Coast will send 450 troops to the Central African Republic to serve as peacekeepers in one of the United Nations' most demanding missions, the foreign minister said Thursday.

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France confirms special forces clashes with armed rebels in northwest Mali

A clash between French soldiers and an armed jihadist group in northwest Mali left three "terrorists" dead, an army spokesperson said, while local media reported injuries among French special forces.

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