War
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Jun- 2018 -7 June
Afghan President Ghani announces temporary unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban coinciding with the end of the Ramadan holiday
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6 June
Five Kenyan police killed in roadside bomb blast near Somalia border
Five Kenyan paramilitary police officers were killed after their vehicle struck a homemade landmine in Liboi, close to the eastern border with Somalia, a government official said
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5 June
Suspected Mozambique jihadists kill 7 people with ‘machetes,’ burn 164 homes
Suspected jihadists hacked seven people to death with machetes and set dozens of homes on fire in northern Mozambique, police said, in a region that has suffered a spate incidents in recent weeks
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5 June
Biji Manbij? US and Turkey plan for the Syrian city’s future without the YPG
After months of talks and threats of military action against the strongest force fighting ISIS in Syria, the U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ‘roadmap’ that would see the YPG leave Manbij
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4 June
UN peacekeeper killed, 7 wounded in ambush near Berberati, Central African Republic
A UN peacekeeper from Tanzania was killed and seven others wounded when their patrol was ambushed by gunmen in Dilapoko in southwest Central African Republic
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4 June
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 27 militants, Africom says
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 27 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said
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4 June
Explosion reported near Coalition base in Ayn Issa, Syria
An explosion was reported near a military base near Ayn Issa in Syria's Raqqa governorate, where U.S. and French troops fighting ISIS are believed to be posted
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3 June
Mozambique police kill 9 ‘insurgents’ in Cabo Delgado province
Police in Mozambique said that they killed nine "insurgents" in the country's far north after ten people were decapitated by suspected jihadists in the region a week earlier
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1 June
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 12 militants, Africom says
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 12 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said
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1 June
Decades after the end of empire, Portugal’s military returns to Africa in a new role
Decades after Portugal ended its more than 500-year-old empire in Africa, the Portuguese military has returned in force, from Mali to Somalia, and now Central African Republic
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