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17 June

Soldiers at a Ugandan army base in Djema

25 Students Killed in Militant Attack on School in Western Uganda

Militants linked to the Islamic State group have killed 25 students in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in years.

16 June

South Sudanese government soldiers sit in a pick-up truck at the military base in Malakal, northern South Sudan, on October 16, 2016.

Staff Writer With AFP

Over 400 Killed in South Sudan Between January and March: UN

More than 400 people were killed in South Sudan between January and March this year, with ethnic clashes accounting for much of the violence, the UN said.

16 June

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Russia, Algeria Tighten ‘Strategic’ Ties

President Putin and Algerian President Tebboune pledged to deepen their two countries' "strategic partnership" as the Kremlin seeks to pivot Russia towards Asia and Africa.

14 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Eight Kenyan Police Killed in Suspected Al-Shabaab Blast

Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was blown up by an IED in a suspected attack by Al-Shabaab.

13 June

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UN Chief Seeks to Streamline Troubled Mali Peacekeeping Mission

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for maintaining but streamlining a peacekeeping mission in troubled Mali.

13 June

Soldiers of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali

Staff Writer With AFP

Second UN Peacekeeper Dies After Attack in Mali

A UN peacekeeper has died of wounds sustained in an attack last week in Mali, raising the death toll in the assault to two.

13 June

A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) stands guard on a hill overlooking a United Nations tank position near the village of Kibumba I, around 20km from the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's restive North Kivu province on July 11, 2012.

Staff Writer With AFP

46, Including Children, Killed in ‘Vile Attack’ in East DR Congo

At least 46 people, half of them children, were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

10 June

Security officers patrol near the destroyed Hayat Hotel after a deadly 30-hour siege by al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu

Staff Writer With AFP

Somalia Security Forces End Hotel Siege Claimed by Al-Shabaab

Somali security forces brought to an end the siege of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, state media said.

8 June

Sudanese security forces stand guard outside the foreign ministry in Khartoum on 28 January 2020

Staff Writer With AFP

Fighting Rages at Sudan Military Site Facility

Sudanese army soldiers and paramilitaries fought for control of a military facility in Khartoum where a fire raged at an oil and gas facility, witnesses said.

8 June