Africa
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Apr- 2019 -24 April
UN’s DR Congo mission faces budget cuts but military component unaffected
The UN mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the biggest peacekeeping operations, will be scaled back because of budget pressure
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23 April
Morocco arrests ‘ISIS supporters’ suspected of planning ‘terrorist acts’
Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) said it had arrested seven people in Sale suspected to be jihadists with links to Islamic State
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21 April
Mali soldiers killed in attack on Guiré in the central Koulikoro region
At least 10 Malian soldiers were killed in an attack in Guiré in the Koulikoro region in the center of the country
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20 April
UN peacekeeper killed in IED attack on convoy in central Mali
A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device attack on a convoy between Douentza and Boni in the Mopti region
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19 April
Boko Haram kills 11 in overnight attack in Cameroon’s Far North
Boko Haram fighters have killed 11 civilians in an overnight attack in Cameroon's troubled Far North Region
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19 April
Mali government resigns as anger mounts over Ogossagou massacre
Mali's prime minister and his government resigned following criticism over violence in the centre of the country and a massacre of 160 people in March
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18 April
ISIS claims first attack in DR Congo, saying it killed soldiers near Uganda border
Islamic State claimed that it killed Congolese soldiers in an attack in Kamago near the Congo-Uganda border
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18 April
Nigeria: 52 Boko Haram fighters killed in attack on MNJTF in Cross Kauwa, Chad army says
Two Chadian soldiers and 52 Boko Haram fighters were killed in an attack on the Multinational Joint Task Force in Cross Kauwa in northeastern Nigeria
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17 April
Car bomb in Mogadishu kills 4 despite heavy security following Al-Shabaab attacks
Four people were killed and five injured when a car loaded with explosives detonated on a busy road in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
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17 April
Sudan SPLM-N rebels suspend hostilities in Blue Nile and South Kordofan
The leader of Sudanese rebel group SPLM-N ordered a three-month suspension of hostilities in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states
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