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Africa
Boko Haram kills three Nigeria troops in attack on Ngwom base near Maiduguri
Three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram militants raided a military base in in Ngwom near Maiduguri northeast Nigeria, security sources said
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Africa
DR Congo: Attack in southern Beni blamed on ADF kills 7
The death toll in a suspected militia attack in DR Congo has risen, after armed men attacked civilians and a military position in Beni
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Africa
Haftar’s Libyan National Army says it hit Chad rebels in new airstrikes
Forces loyal to Libyan General Khalifa Haftar that they had carried out airstrikes against Chadian fighters in southern Libya
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Africa
Mozambique: 7 killed and cut to pieces in Cabo Delgado province
Seven men were killed and four women abducted in northern Mozambique in the latest violence to hit Cabo Delgado
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Africa
Burkina Faso president overhauls army commands in wake of ‘terrorist’ attacks
Burkina Faso is overhauling its army command in the face of a wave of attacks on security personnel, according to presidential decrees
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Technology
Iran unveils new Dezful ballistic missile
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled its new Dezful ballistic missile which has a range of 1,000 km
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Africa
US cuts military aid to Cameroon over human rights concerns
The United States has cut defense assistance to Cameroon – including plans to supply armored vehicles – due to concerns over human rights violations
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Middle East
UN calls on Yemen’s Houthis to allow access to critical Hodeidah grain silo
The UN aid chief urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to grant access to a food storage site in Hodeidah containing enough grain to feed millions of starving civilians
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Africa
BAE awarded $225 million APKWS rocket contract for US, Nigeria, Netherlands
BAE Systems was awarded a $225 million contract to produce Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System units for Nigeria and the Netherlands
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Africa
Chad president Deby says rebel convoy ‘destroyed’ by 3 days of French airstrikes
Chadian President Idriss Deby said a column of rebels which had sought to cross into the country from Libya had been "destroyed" in a series of French airstrikes
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