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DR Congo army clashes with Yakutumba rebels kill 18 as election tensions rise

Clashes between the army and rebels loyal to renegade former general William Amuri Yakutumba in Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 18 people

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Fourth US service member dies from Afghanistan IED blast

A fourth US service member, Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary, died from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Ghazni province

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Six ‘terrorists’ shot dead in eastern Burkina Faso firefight

Six people were shot dead by police near Bougui in eastern Burkina Faso during a "terrorist attack" on a security patrol

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UN to evacuate 50 wounded Houthi rebels from Yemen ahead of peace talks

Fifty wounded Houthi rebels will be evacuated from the Yemeni capital for medical treatment ahead of planned peace talks in Sweden.

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Coalition kills ISIS commander liked to murder of American aid worker

The US-led Coalition against Islamic State said it killed a senior figure involved in the executions of an American aid worker and other hostages

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Nigeria: Boko Haram kill 2 in Yobe state raid, injure 5 in suicide attack in Maiduguri

Boko Haram militants killed two soldiers in a gun attack in Buni Gari in Nigeria's Yobe state, and injured five militia members in a suicide bomb attack in Borno state capital Maiduguri

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ISIS claims 8 Nigeria soldiers killed in attack near Gamboru in the Lake Chad area

Islamic State claimed eight Nigerian Army soldiers were killed and 17 wounded in an attack near Gamboru in the Lake Chad area, close to the border with Cameroon

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Five killed in bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso

Five people, four of them police, were killed when their convoy was hit by a complex roadside bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso

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Slovakia F-16 fighter jet deals signed, but prime minister says contracts ‘invalid’

Slovakia's prime minister clashed with the defence ministry over a deal to acquire US-made F-16 fighter jets in the NATO member's biggest military purchase

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Nigeria police kill more than 100 ‘bandits’ in Zamfara crackdown

Nigerian police claimed over 100 "bandits" were killed in a crackdown targeting crime in the state of Zamfara, following a surge in kidnappings and cattle rustling

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