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Apr- 2020 -20 AprilAfrica
Nigeria records first coronavirus death in conflict-hit Borno state
Nigeria confirmed its first coronavirus infection in insurgency-hit Borno, after a medic with Doctors Without Borders died from COVID-19
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20 AprilAfrica
Burkina Faso security forces accused of executing 31 detainees in Djibo
Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo, Human Rights Watch said
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17 AprilEurope
Half of French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle crew test positive for COVID-19
Nearly half of the 2,300 sailors aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive
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17 AprilAsia Pacific
Abu Sayyaf militants kill and wound two dozen Philippine soldiers in Sulu attack
Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants killed 11 Philippine soldiers and wounded 14 others in the group's deadliest attack in over a year
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16 AprilAfrica
Nigeria security forces kill 18 in coronavirus lockdown enforcement
Nigerian security agents killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by COVID-199
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16 AprilEurope
Nearly 700 sailors from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle test positive for coronavirus
A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive
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16 AprilMiddle East
Defectors quit last US-backed rebel group in Syria, head for regime territory
A suspected drug smuggler and other former member of Maghawir al-Thawra, the last US-backed rebel group in Syri,a defected to the regime
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15 AprilMiddle East
Israeli drone strike targets Hezbollah members in Syria near Lebanon border
An Israeli drone targeted a car of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement just inside Syria near the border with Lebanon without casualties
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15 AprilEurope
Germany arrests 5 Tajiks in suspected ISIS cell planning attacks on US forces
German police arrested five Tajik nationals on suspicion that they were members of an ISIS cell that had been planning attacks on US forces
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14 AprilAsia Pacific
Kabul to ban motorbikes in bid to thwart Taliban killings and crime
A security official said that the Taliban are conducting an increasing number of targeted killings of government officials in Kabul
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