War
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Apr- 2019 -5 April
US Africa Command admits to civilian casualties in Somalia airstrike
US Africa Command admitted that an airstrike last year targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two civilians and that it failed to disclose its findings
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5 April
Yemen children killed and injured after pupil brings unexploded ordnance to school
Two children were killed and eight critically wounded when an unexploded bomb went off at a school in the Yemeni capital, UNICEF said
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5 April
Germany repatriates children of ISIS fighters from Iraq
Germany has repatriated from Iraq children of jailed ISIS adherents, the foreign ministry said, as the war against ISIS draws to a close
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5 April
Haftar’s Libyan National Army advances on Tripoli as western militias mobilize
General Khalifa Haftar ordered his Libyan National Army to move on the capital Tripoli ahead of UN talks aimed at a political “road map”
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4 April
US House votes to end military support for Yemen war
The US House voted to end military support for the Yemen war, dealing a rebuke to Donald Trump and curtailing a president's war-making powers
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4 April
‘We have no choice but to liberate Efrin’ – Aldar Xelil on northern Syria’s next moves
Syrian Kurdish official Aldar Xelil says his forces are not counting on outside powers to protect them from Turkey
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4 April
Burkina Faso: More than 60 killed in ‘terrorist’ attacks and intercommunal reprisals in Arbinda
Sixty-two people were killed this week in terrorist attacks and subsequent intercommunal clashes in north Burkina Faso, a minister said
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4 April
Mali: UN peacekeeper injured in attack on Kidal MINUSMA base
A MINUSMA peacekeeper was reportedly injured in a rocket and gun attack on a United Nations base in Kidal, in the desert north of Mali
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3 April
UN Security Council requests options for Mali peacekeeping force overhaul
The UN Security Council agreed to discuss revamping the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, including a possible major drawdown
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3 April
French military doctor killed by explosive device in Mali’s Gourma
A French military doctor was killed when an improvised explosive device struck his armored vehicle in Mali's Gourma region near the Burkina Faso border
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