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Afghanistan ISIS leader ‘killed in Nangarhar airstrike’

Saad Erhabi, a senior Islamic State - Khorasan Province leader, was killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province,…

Fergus Kelly

Burundi UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic ambush

A Burundi UN peacekeeper was killed by anti-Balaka militants near Alindao, just days before armed groups meet an African Union…

Fergus Kelly

Human rights campaigners oppose general amnesty for Central African Republic armed groups

Five organizations that campaign for human rights oppose an amnesty for fighters in armed groups in Central African Republic as…

Fergus Kelly

Slowly rising from the rubble, Raqqa rebuilds in the face of funding uncertainty

Raqqa faces obstacles to rebuild, Sirwan Kajjo reports from Syria, as Saudi Arabia pledges to fill the gap left by…

Sirwan Kajjo

Bell to build 29 AH-1Z Viper helicopters for US Marine Corps

Bell Helicopter was awarded a nearly $510 million contract to manufacture 29 AH-1Z Viper helicopters for the US Marine Corps,…

Staff Writer With AFP

French desert troops take to boats in Mali

French desert troops recently took to boats to patrol the Niger River in Mali, the first time that they have…

Fergus Kelly

Ukraine soldiers killed in separatist forces attack in rebel east

Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and seven wounded in the country’s rebel east in an attempt to hold back an…

Staff Writer With AFP

Central African Republic armed groups present peace demands to African Union panel

Armed groups in the Central African Republic have presented nearly 100 demands to an African Union panel seeking to broker…

Fergus Kelly

Canadian Major-General Fortin named head of NATO training mission in Iraq

Canadian Armed Forces Major-General Dany Fortin will lead the new NATO training and capacity-building mission in Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP

Congo ‘Ninja’ leader Pastor Ntumi calls for disarmament under December ceasefire deal

The leader behind an insurgency in the Republic of Congo said he accepted the principle of laying down arms in…

Staff Writer With AFP