War
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Jun- 2018 -13 June
€10.5 billion EU peace fund could pay for weapons for Sahel countries
The EU wants to pay for military equipment, including lethal weaponry, for partner countries in crisis zones such as Africa's Sahel region as part of a €10.5 billion European Peace Facility
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13 June
10 suspected militants ‘neutralized’ in central Mali, defense minister says
Ten militants were "neutralized" and weapons and explosive devices recovered in the Mopti region after clashes with the military, Mali's defense minister said
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13 June
Yemeni and coalition forces launch assault on critical port city Hodeidah
Yemeni forces backed by a Gulf coalition launched an assault to recapture the key Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, despite attempts by the United Nations to broker a ceasefire between the armed forces and Houthi rebels.
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12 June
In Afghanistan, ceasefires will amount to little in a war that has raged for years
Afghanistan’s temporary ceasefire is better than none, but likely represents little more than a brief interlude in a war poised to rage for many years, Michael Kugelman says
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12 June
Taliban launches new attack in northern Afghanistan as government ceasefire begins
Taliban fighters killed a governor in northern Afghanistan as clashes broke out across the country, officials said, accusing the militants of defying the start of a government ceasefire
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11 June
UN pulls staff from Yemen’s Hodeidah ahead of expected imminent assault
The UN has begun evacuating staff from Hodeidah ahead of an expected assault by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as the Yemeni army advances
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11 June
Central African Republic seeks UN approval for China arms deliveries
Central African Republic asked the U.N. Security Council to approve deliveries of Chinese armored vehicles, rockets, machine guns, tear gas, ammunition and other equipment for its army and police
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11 June
UN peacekeeper killed, Central African Republic soldier injured in Bambari clashes
A Burundian U.N. peacekeeper was killed and a Central African Republic soldier injured in clashes in Bambari in the centre of the country, U.N. sources said
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11 June
Turkish military launches operations against PKK in Iraq’s Qandil and Sinjar, Erdogan says
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Qandil and Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan had begun
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11 June
Suicide bomber hits Afghanistan ministry hours before ceasefire with Taliban starts
At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded by a suicide bomber outside a government ministry in Kabul, a day before a government ceasefire with the Taliban begins
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