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Nigeria army masses in Monguno, moves to clear Boko Haram from Baga

Nigerian troops are massing in Monguno in preparation for an offensive in Baga which was attacked by ISWA militants last…

Staff Writer With AFP

Burkina Faso declares emergency in northern provinces following attacks

Burkina Faso declared a state of emergency in the northern provinces grappling with jihadist violence, Communications Minister Remis Fulgance Dandjinou…

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Iraqi F-16s strike senior ISIS leaders in Syria

Iraq struck a meeting of ISIS leaders near Deir Ezzor in Syria after being given permission by Damascus to target…

Joanne Stocker

Bombing at southern Philippines shopping mall kills 2, injures dozens

Two men were killed and at least 32 others wounded after a bomb went off outside a shopping mall in…

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Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners for links to ISIS in 2018

Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners, including many women and dozens of minors, in 2018 for belonging to Islamic State,…

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Children of Russian ISIS fighters flown home from Iraq

Thirty Russian children whose mothers are in Iraqi prison for belonging to Islamic State left Iraq to return home

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Joint France-Niger air and ground operation near Tongo Tongo kills 15 ‘terrorists’

French airstrikes followed by two days of ground operations in the Tongo Tongo area near the Mali border killed 15…

Fergus Kelly

Yemen’s Houthi rebels begin withdrawal from Hodeidah under UN agreement

Yemen's Houthi rebels have begun to withdraw from the port of Hodeidah, the country's key aid lifeline, under an agreement…

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Boko Haram sacks two Nigeria military bases near Baga on Lake Chad

Boko Haram sacked a naval base and a Multinational Joint Task Force post near Baga in the Lake Chad area…

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Burkina Faso police officers killed in ambush near Mali border

Ten police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso while heading to the village…

Staff Writer With AFP