War
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Jan- 2020 -10 January
At least 25 Niger soldiers, 63 ‘terrorists’ killed in attack on army base in Tillaberi region
Insurgents attacked a Niger military base in the Tillaberi region leading to clashes that killed at least 25 soldiers and 63 "terrorists"
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10 January
Colombia’s president calls on UN to extend peace mission until 2022
President Ivan Duque called on the UN to extend its peace verification mission between Colombia's government and former FARC rebels until 2022
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10 January
More than 50 ‘terrorists’ killed in French commando operations in Mali
Supported by helicopters, jets and armed Reaper drones, commandoes deployed to Operation Barkhane conducted three helicopter-borne assaults in Mali
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9 January
Mali: At least 18 UN peacekeepers, 2 civilians injured in Tessalit mortar attack
At least 18 U.N. peacekeepers and two civilians were wounded in a mortar attack on a military base in Tessalit in Mali's desert north
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8 January
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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8 January
Car bomb explodes near Somalia’s parliament
At least four people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded close to a checkpoint near Somalia's parliament in Mogadishu on Wednesday
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8 January
Iran fires ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing US troops
Iran fired missiles at Iraqi bases housing the US forces in revenge for the US killing of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani
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7 January
Counter-ISIS Coalition countries temporarily withdrawing personnel from Iraq
Members of the US-led Coalition against ISIS are pulling troops from Iraq as training of both the Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga are paused
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7 January
At least 9 killed in Gamboru bridge bomb blast on Nigeria-Cameroon border
An explosion ripped through a crowded market on a bridge at Gamboru on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, killing at least 9 people and injuring 26
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7 January
Libya: Haftar’s LNA captures Sirte as UN envoy expresses anger at foreign meddling
LNA forces loyal to rogue Libyan general Khalifa Haftar seized control the coastal city of Sirte as Turkey said it was deploying troops in the country
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