Africa
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May- 2020 -19 May
Jihadists Attack Nigeria Town Where Girls Abducted
Jihadists have carried out a rare attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Dapchi, where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, military sources and residents said Tuesday. One soldier was killed and three wounded as fighters believed
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Apr- 2020 -27 April
In rare admission, US Africa Command says it killed 2 civilians in Somalia airstrike
The US military said it inadvertently killed two civilians over a year ago in an airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia
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22 April
South Africa to deploy 73,000 more troops to enforce COVID-19 lockdown
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to deploy more than 73,000 extra troops to help implement a nationwide coronavirus lockdown
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21 April
UN sanctions Central African Republic rebel group leader Miskine
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on Central African Republic rebel group FDPC leader Abdoulaye Miskine
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20 April
Nigeria records first coronavirus death in conflict-hit Borno state
Nigeria confirmed its first coronavirus infection in insurgency-hit Borno, after a medic with Doctors Without Borders died from COVID-19
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20 April
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 April
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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14 April
Haftar’s Libyan National Army forces fire on Tripoli after losing western towns
Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army forces rained rockets on the capital Tripoli after being ousted by government loyalists from a string of towns to its west
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10 April
US airstrike targets al-Shabaab near Kismayo, covering Somali troops
A US airstrike is said to have killed 10 al-Shabaab militants in defense of Somali National Army troops near Kobon in the country's south
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7 April
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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