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Jan- 2019 -9 JanuaryAfrica
Central African government to meet armed groups in Khartoum for peace talks
The African Union said that long-awaited peace talks between the Central African Republic and militia groups would take place in Khartoum
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9 JanuaryEurope
French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet disappears in eastern France mountains
A search was underway for a French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter and its two pilots after it disappeared from radar over a mountainous region of eastern France
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9 JanuaryMiddle East
YPG and SDF capture 13 ISIS foreign fighters in one week
The YPG said it captured eight foreign ISIS fighters during the battle to recapture the Syrian town of Hajin in the eastern Deir Ezzor province from the group
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9 JanuaryMiddle East
Kazakhstan evacuates 30 children of ISIS fighters from Syria
Kazakhstan said dozens of its citizens, including children, had been evacuated from Syria after being held "hostage" in the country
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9 JanuaryMiddle East
UN Security Council to meet over Yemen observer mission
The UN Security Council will discuss a proposal for a new observer mission to Yemen to monitor a ceasefire and oversee a pullback of forces
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8 JanuaryAfrica
African Union and UN relaunch Central African Republic peace talks
Senior African Union and the United Nations officials arrived in the Central African Republic in a bid to revive a peace process in the troubled country
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8 JanuaryAfrica
Boko Haram factions attack Sajeri and Auno as Buhari acknowledges setbacks
At least three people were killed in two attacks by both factions of Boko Haram as Nigeria's president acknowledged setbacks in the fight against the nine-year insurgency.
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8 JanuaryMiddle East
Syria: Russia military police begin patrols around Manbij
Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, moving into an area once held by US-backed forces
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8 JanuaryAfrica
Armed men kill 8 civilians in eastern DR Congo’s Beni region
At least eight civilians including relatives of soldiers were killed in an overnight incursion by armed men in the volatile eastern DR Congo, the army said
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7 JanuaryAfrica
Central African Republic: More than 12,000 displaced to ‘roads and forests’ after Bakouma violence
The majority of the population of Bakouma – more than 12,000 people – have been displaced by FPRC violence in southeastern Central African Republic, the UN said
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