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Jan- 2019 -15 JanuaryAfrica
Nigeria’s military struggles with Islamic State: Part 1 – an upsurge in attacks
Robert Postings takes an in-depth look at the recent upsurge in Islamic State West Africa province attacks in northeastern Nigeria
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15 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Taliban claim responsibility for deadly vehicle bomb in Kabul’s Green Village
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a powerful truck bomb in Kabul's Green Village that killed at least four people and wounded more than 100
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14 JanuaryAfrica
Mozambique: Islamist militants suspected in Cabo Delgado killings
Militant Islamists are suspected to have killed 12 people in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique as they shift attacks to vehicles
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14 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Dozens wounded in Kabul car bomb attack
A car packed with explosives blew up near a heavily fortified foreign compound in Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding more than 90
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12 JanuaryAfrica
‘Terrorist’ attack in Gasseliki in northern Burkina Faso kills 12
Twelve people were killed and two injured in a terrorist attack in Gasseliki in Burkina Faso's northern Soum province, the security ministry said
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10 JanuaryAfrica
Portugal paratroops in five-hour firefight with UPC militia in Central African Republic
Portuguese peacekeepers battled for five hours to restore order after militants killed two police officers in the Central African Republic town of Bambari
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9 JanuaryAfrica
ADF attack in Beni kills 10, DR Congo army says
Seven civilians and three soldiers were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo when a militia attacked a military post in the Beni region
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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 JanuaryMiddle East
US carried out 36 airstrikes in Yemen last year
The US targeted al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Islamic State in Yemen with 36 airstrikes, CENTCOM said
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4 JanuaryAfrica
Nigeria soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack on convoy near Banki, close to Cameroon border
At least two Nigerian soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fighters ambushed a convoy near Banki, close to the border with Cameroon
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