Africa
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Oct- 2018 -29 October
Tunisia: Female suicide bomber targets police officers in central Tunis
A suicide bombing was reported in the Tunisian capital Tunis with a number of casualties among security forces
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28 October
Crew of Swiss ship freed after September kidnapping off Nigeria
Twelve crew members of MV Glarus, a Swiss ship seized off Nigeria in September have been freed, Swiss judicial officials said
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28 October
Boko Haram attacks Nigeria military base in Gashigar near Niger border
Boko Haram attacked a military base in Gashigar in Nigeria's remote northeast region, killing one soldier and injuring four, defense officials said
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27 October
Mali: Two UN peacekeepers killed, at least 9 injured in attacks in Ber and Konna
Two Burkinabe UN peacekeepers were killed and at least nine others from Burkina Faso and Togo were injured in two attacks in central and northern Mali
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19 October
Burkina Faso: Djibo gendarmerie severely damaged in overnight attack
The gendarmerie in Djibo in Burkina Faso's northern Soum province was heavily damaged in an assault, a day after a gendarme was killed in an attack in Barani in Kossi province
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18 October
‘Terrorist camp’ destroyed after joint France-Mali force attacked by 50 militants
Malian and French forces supported by Tigre helicopters and Mirage 2000 fighter jets destroyed a "terrorist camp" after they were attacked in the Ndaki area, the defense ministry said
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18 October
French soldier killed in accident in Mali
A French soldier has died in accident while performing maintenance on a truck while deployed to Operation Barkhane in Mali, the army said
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17 October
Tunisia F-5 fighter jet crashes in Mediterranean Sea, pilot unharmed
A Tunisian F-5 fighter jet crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during an exercise but its pilot was unharmed, the defence ministry said
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17 October
Mali: More than a dozen killed in fresh violence in Mopti and Menaka
Eleven people were shot dead in central Mali, while in the east, an explosion killed one person and injured two, and two others were killed by armed men on motorcycles.
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16 October
Dozens killed in joint Niger-Nigeria military crackdown on criminal gangs
At least 30 "bandits" have been killed during a military crackdown by Niger and Nigeria along their troubled frontier where kidnappings and cattle rustling are rife, Niger's interior minister said
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