Staff Writer With AFP
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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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Boko Haram attacks Nigeria military base in Arege near Lake Chad
Boko Haram militants attacked a military base in Arege village near Lake Chad in northeast Nigeria, killing at least one soldier
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Tunisia arrests 12 members of suspected ISIS cell
Authorities have arrested 12 suspected members of Islamic State and seized bomb making materials since a suicide attack last month
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US airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed 23 civilians, UN finds
At least 23 civilians, including women and children, were killed by a US airstrike in southern Afghanistan, according to an UN investigation
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Boko Haram overruns Nigeria army base near Lake Chad
Boko Haram killed three soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state near Lake Chad
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Ukraine president Poroshenko asks NATO to send warships to Sea of Azov
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked NATO members to send naval vessels to the Sea of Azov to back his country in the standoff with Russia
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US approves $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters
The US approved a potential $1 billion sale to Egypt of 10 Apache AH-64E helicopters and related equipment, the DSCA said
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Syria talks begin in Astana with government and opposition delegations present
Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana for two days of talks to preserve a fragile truce in northern Syria
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