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Jan- 2020 -27 JanuaryAfrica
At least 20 Mali soldiers killed in JNIM attack on Sokolo camp
At least 20 members of the Malian Armed Forces were killed in a major JNIM assault against a military camp in Sokolo, near the border with Mauritania
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Nov- 2019 -15 NovemberAfrica
US seeks Coalition meeting on ISIS threat in West Africa and the Sahel
The United States is seeking a meeting of the Global Coalition Against ISIS early in 2020 to focus on threats in West Africa and the Sahel
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7 NovemberAfrica
US adds al-Qaeda-linked Mali firebrand Amadou Kouffa to global terrorist list
The US State Department added to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list Amadou Kouffa, a senior figure in al-Qaeda-linked JNIM
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Oct- 2019 -8 OctoberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan airstrike killed Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent leader, NDS says
The leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent was killed in a joint US-Afghan operation last month, Afghanistan's intelligence agency said
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Sep- 2019 -23 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Afghan officials probe claim of 40 civilians killed in Helmand airstrike
Afghanistan is investigating reports that 40 civilians, including children, were killed in an airstrike during a wedding celebration in southern Helmand province
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18 SeptemberAfrica
US AFRICOM commander Townsend meets G5 Sahel leaders in inaugural trip
US AFRICOM chief General Townsend made his first trip to the Sahel, meeting with the heads of the G5 Sahel joint force tasked with fighting insurgents
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13 SeptemberAfrica
Ahead of ECOWAS counter-terror summit, JNIM targets ‘G5 Sahel’ forces in Mali
Dioungani ambush targeted 'G5 forces', al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM claims, ahead of west Africa summit on countering terrorism in the Sahel and Lake Chad
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Aug- 2019 -30 AugustMiddle East
Yemen: Motorbike suicide bomb and roadside IED kill separatist fighters in Aden
Three southern Yemen separatist fighters were killed in a suicide bombing in Aden, the first such attack since government forces were first driven out
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Jul- 2019 -13 JulyAfrica
Somalia: At least 7 dead in al-Shabaab suicide bomb and gun attack at Kismayo hotel
At least seven people were killed in a complex Al-Shabaab suicide vehicle bomb and gun attack on a hotel in Kismayo in southern Somalia
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1 JulyMiddle East
US targets Al-Qaeda leadership in northwestern Syria
US Central Command said it carried out airstrikes targeting al-Qaeda leadership at a training facility in northwest Syria
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