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Jun- 2023 -

10 June

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

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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

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11 Killed, 30 Wounded in Blast at Funeral for Assassinated Afghan Governor

At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor.

8 June

File photo of Al Shabaab fighters Somalia

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Ethiopia Says Foils Al-Shabaab Attack Near Border With Somalia

Ethiopia said on Wednesday it had foiled an attack by jihadist group Al-Shabaab on a town on its border with Somalia.

7 June

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Attacks by Suspected Jihadists in Burkina Faso Kill 21

Twenty-one people, most of them members of the security forces, have been killed in Burkina Faso in attacks by suspected jihadists.

6 June

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Nigerian Troops Killed in Jihadist Ambush on Convoy

Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military convoy in the Lake Chad region by jihadist fighters aligned with Islamic State, security forces said.

6 June

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Taliban Provincial Governor Killed in Suicide Attack: Officials

The acting governor of an Afghan province was killed by a suicide bomber, officials said, months after the region's police chief was killed in a similar attack claimed by IS.

5 June

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Uganda Says 54 Peacekeepers Killed in Somalia Attack

Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said.

3 June

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At Least Nine Dead in DR Congo Rebel Attack

Suspected Islamic State group-affiliated ADF rebels have killed at least nine villagers in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

2 June

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Burkina Faso Says 50 Jihadists Killed in Attack on Convoy

Two civilians and at least 50 "terrorists" were killed in jihadist-hit northern Burkina Faso when a food convoy being escorted by troops was ambushed, the armed forces said.

May- 2023 -

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