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Dec- 2018 -19 DecemberBusiness
US approves $3.5 billion sale to Turkey of Patriot missile systems
The US State Department cleared a possible $3.5 billion sale of Patriot air defense systems to Turkey, the DSCA said
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19 DecemberAfrica
UN Mali inquiry blames Dogon hunters for June massacre of Fulani
A UN investigation blamed Dogon hunters for massacres in central Mali that killed at least 24 members of the Fulani community
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18 DecemberAfrica
Nigeria soldier killed in Boko Haram attack near Monguno
One Nigerian soldier was killed and another injured in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Mairari, near the garrison town of Monguno in Borno state
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18 DecemberMiddle East
Russia cuts military flights over Syria by more than 90%
Russia has cut its military flights in Syria from more than 100 per day to fewer than four a week, in another sign the country's conflict is winding down
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18 DecemberSpace
Trump orders US military to create ‘Space Command’
US President Donald Trump ordered the creation of "Space Command," a new structure within the Pentagon that will control military space operations
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18 DecemberMiddle East
Yemen ceasefire monitors to deploy in Hodeidah
A team including members of Yemen's warring sides will be dispatched within a day to monitor a truce in Hodeidah, a UN official said
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17 DecemberAfrica
Somalia: 6 US airstrikes kill 62 al-Shabaab militants in Gandarshe
The US military said 62 al-Shabaab militants were killed in six airstrikes in the vicinity of Gandarshe, Somalia
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17 DecemberAfrica
Two DR Congo troops killed by Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels
Two DR Congo soldiers were killed in clashes with Rwandan pro-Hutu FDLR rebels after two leaders were arrested in the eastern North Kivu region
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17 DecemberMiddle East
Ceasefire in Yemen’s Hodeidah to begin at midnight
A ceasefire in Yemen's battleground port city of Hodeidah will start at midnight, a UN official said, after renewed fighting threatened the hard-won accord
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16 DecemberAfrica
Mali to create border guard corps, send reinforcements to Timbuktu region
Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga announced Mali will send reinforcements to the northern Timbuktu region and create a new border guard corps
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