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Nigeria soldier killed in Boko Haram attack near Monguno

One Nigerian soldier was killed and another injured in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Mairari, near the garrison town of Monguno in Borno state

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Russia cuts military flights over Syria by more than 90%

Russia has cut its military flights in Syria from more than 100 per day to fewer than four a week, in another sign the country's conflict is winding down

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Yemen ceasefire monitors to deploy in Hodeidah

A team including members of Yemen's warring sides will be dispatched within a day to monitor a truce in Hodeidah, a UN official said

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Somalia: 6 US airstrikes kill 62 al-Shabaab militants in Gandarshe

The US military said 62 al-Shabaab militants were killed in six airstrikes in the vicinity of Gandarshe, Somalia

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Two DR Congo troops killed by Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels

Two DR Congo soldiers were killed in clashes with Rwandan pro-Hutu FDLR rebels after two leaders were arrested in the eastern North Kivu region

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Ceasefire in Yemen’s Hodeidah to begin at midnight

A ceasefire in Yemen's battleground port city of Hodeidah will start at midnight, a UN official said, after renewed fighting threatened the hard-won accord

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Mali to create border guard corps, send reinforcements to Timbuktu region

Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga announced Mali will send reinforcements to the northern Timbuktu region and create a new border guard corps

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EU expects Turkey to refrain from ‘unilateral’ Syria military action, Mogherini says

The European Union's chief diplomat Federica Mogherini said the EU expects Turkey to refrain from any unilateral military action in northeast Syria

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Boko Haram attacks Nigeria military base in Gudumbali

Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province faction of Boko Haram attacked a military base in Gudumbali but there were no reports of casualties

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Nigeria soldiers killed in roadside bomb blast near Gamboru

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion between Gamboru and Logomani in Borno state, near the border with Cameroon, military sources said

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