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Feb- 2019 -8 FebruaryBusiness
US awards Bell $240 million for Bahrain’s AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters
The US awarded Bell Helicopter Textron a $240 million contract modification to manufacture and deliver 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Bahrain
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8 FebruaryAfrica
Nigerian military battles Islamic State in Mallam Fatori, Borno state
Nigerian troops fought Boko Haram in Mallam Fatori near the Niger border, while ISIS claimed its fighters carried out attacks in the area
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8 FebruaryAfrica
Mozambique: 7 killed and cut to pieces in Cabo Delgado province
Seven men were killed and four women abducted in northern Mozambique in the latest violence to hit Cabo Delgado
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8 FebruaryAfrica
Burkina Faso president overhauls army commands in wake of ‘terrorist’ attacks
Burkina Faso is overhauling its army command in the face of a wave of attacks on security personnel, according to presidential decrees
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7 FebruaryTechnology
Iran unveils new Dezful ballistic missile
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled its new Dezful ballistic missile which has a range of 1,000 km
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7 FebruaryAfrica
US cuts military aid to Cameroon over human rights concerns
The United States has cut defense assistance to Cameroon – including plans to supply armored vehicles – due to concerns over human rights violations
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7 FebruaryMiddle East
UN calls on Yemen’s Houthis to allow access to critical Hodeidah grain silo
The UN aid chief urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to grant access to a food storage site in Hodeidah containing enough grain to feed millions of starving civilians
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7 FebruaryAfrica
BAE awarded $225 million APKWS rocket contract for US, Nigeria, Netherlands
BAE Systems was awarded a $225 million contract to produce Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System units for Nigeria and the Netherlands
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7 FebruaryAfrica
Chad president Deby says rebel convoy ‘destroyed’ by 3 days of French airstrikes
Chadian President Idriss Deby said a column of rebels which had sought to cross into the country from Libya had been "destroyed" in a series of French airstrikes
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7 FebruaryAfrica
Ex-jihadists among 5,000 to sign up for Mali disarmament program
Some 5,000 fighters signed up to a disarmament program in Mali's conflict-plagued central region, including suspected ex-jihadists
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