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Apr- 2020 -21 AprilAsia Pacific
Driver killed in attack on UN vehicle in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed in Rakhine state when their UN vehicle was ambushed as they were carrying COVID-19 test samples
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20 AprilAsia Pacific
Taliban kill Afghan troops and civilians in latest wave of attacks
The Taliban have killed at least 23 Afghan troops and nine civilians in as a fresh wave of violence despite a deal with the US
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20 AprilAfrica
Burkina Faso security forces accused of executing 31 detainees in Djibo
Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo, Human Rights Watch said
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16 AprilAfrica
Nigeria security forces kill 18 in coronavirus lockdown enforcement
Nigerian security agents killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by COVID-199
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7 AprilAfrica
DR Congo: Attack blamed on ADF kills 6 near Beni
Five men and a child were killed in an attack blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces militia near the DR Congo city of Beni, cut off because of the coronavirus pandemic
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1 AprilAfrica
New evidence US airstrike killed teenage girl in Somalia, report says
An Amnesty International investigation revealed further evidence that a US airstrike in Somalia killed a teenage girl, despite military's denial
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Mar- 2020 -31 MarchAfrica
Promising transparency, US Africa Command to begin reporting civilian casualty claims
US AFRICOM unveiled a new policy, promising to regularly report on allegations of civilian casualties in its operations
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30 March
Somalia: Puntland governor killed in Al-Shabaab suicide attack
A governor in Somalia's Puntland was seriously wounded in a suicide bomb attack claimed by the jihadist group al-Shabaab
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25 MarchAsia Pacific
At least 25 dead in attack on Sikh-Hindu temple in Kabul
At least 25 people were killed in an attack on a Sikh-Hindu temple in Kabul, the latest brutal assault claimed by Islamic State
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13 March
Iraqi military says US airstrikes in response to base attack kill security forces, civilian
US airstrikes targeting Hashd al-Shaabimilitary factions in Iraq killed one civilian and five security personnel, the Iraqi military said
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