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Nigeria military kills 21 ‘bandits’ in operations in Zamfara and Katsina states

Troops in northwest Nigeria killed 21 'bandits,' detained 17 others and freed 89 people who had been kidnapped, as Operation Sharan Daji continues

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Ugandans detained in Mozambique over attacks in gas-rich Cabo Delgado province

Mozambique police said they had arrested three Ugandans on suspicion of leading attacks in the country's gas-rich Cabo Delgado province

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Two Mali soldiers killed in complex attack in Tarkint, Gao region

Two members of the Armed Forces of Mali (FAMa) were killed and 10 injured in a "complex" attack on a base in Tarkint in the Gao region

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Somalia: 2 killed in car bomb explosion near petroleum ministry in Mogadishu

Two people were killed and five wounded when a car packed with explosives was detonated near the ministry of petroleum in the Somali capital Mogadishu

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Boko Haram kills 4 in Bosso near Niger-Nigeria border

Boko Haram militants shot dead at least four people in the Niger town of Bosso near the border with Nigeria

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Seven killed in Yemen market bombing blamed on Houthi rebels

A bomb attack in a market killed seven Yemeni civilians including a photographer for a UAE television channel in the town of Mokha

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Boko Haram kills 4 in attack near Molai in Borno state

Four farmers have been killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack in Molai in northeastern Nigeria, civilian militia and residents said

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At least 4 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in attack on military base in Nassoumbou

At least four Burkina Faso soldiers were killed when gunmen raided a military base in Nassoumbou in Soum province in the northeast, the armed forces said

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Syria will cooperate on Adana counter-terror agreement if Turkey withdraws forces

Syria declared its readiness to cooperate on an agreement that requires it to crack down on the PKK on the condition that Turkey remove its proxies and troops

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Central African Republic PM calls for end to UN arms embargo

Central African Republic prime minister Mathieu Simplice Sarandji led a rally of around 3,000 people calling for a UN arms embargo to be lifted

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