military casualties

Nigeria soldiers killed in clashes around Monguno, key garrison town near Lake Chad

Three soldiers were killed in intense fighting between Nigeria's army and Islamist insurgents around Monguno, a key garrison town in the Lake Chad area

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Five Mali soldiers killed by roadside bomb near Alatona

Five Malian soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Alatona in the central Segou region

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Al Shabaab attacks Kenya military base in Lamu

Fighters from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group launched an attack on a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in coastal Lamu

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Sri Lanka air force crew killed in Y-12 plane crash near Wirawila

A Sri Lankan air force plane crashed in a tea-growing mountainous region, killing the four crew on board

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Taliban kill Afghan soldiers in Helmand base attack

Ten Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Helmand

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Islamic State says it carried out deadly attack on Burkina Faso soldiers in Hallele

Islamic State said ISWAP was behind an attack that killed seven soldiers at their base in northern Burkina Faso

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US service member killed in action in Afghanistan

A US Green Beret, Sgt 1st Class Michael James Goble, was killed in action in Afghanistan

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Philippines troops rescue 2 Indonesian sailors from Abu Sayyaf in Jolo

Philippine troops rescued two abducted Indonesian sailors in a Sunday pre-dawn raid on an Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Jolo which left two dead

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Fire on Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov extinguished

Emergency workers have extinguished the fire that broke out on the Russian navy's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov

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Al-Shabaab attacks Somali army base in Hilweyne, killing 5

Four civilians and a Somali Army soldier were killed when al-Shabaab attacked an army base in Hilweyne, north of the capital

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