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Aug- 2018 -9 August
Saudi-led coalition admits Yemen airstrike that Red Cross says killed dozens of children
The Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen said it carried out a deadly attack which the Red Cross said hit a bus carrying children
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9 August
South Sudan President Kiir pardons rival Machar and rebel groups
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir issued a decree offering an amnesty to rebels including his bitter rival Riek Machar, days after the two signed a power-sharing deal
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8 August
Five Kenyan soldiers killed in roadside IED explosion claimed by al Shabaab
Five Kenyan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the eastern Lamu county, in an attack claimed by al Shabaab
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7 August
Seven killed, village burned in suspected Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Suspected Boko Haram militants in a dawn raid killed seven people and burned Munduri, a village 13 km north of Borno state capital Maiduguri
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7 August
NATO investigates reports 9 Afghan police killed in US air strike in Logar province
NATO is investigating reports that at least nine Afghan police officers were killed in a U.S. air strike during fighting with the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Logar province
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5 August
Resolute Support troops killed in eastern Afghanistan suicide bombing
A suicide bomber killed three service members with NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and injured three others
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4 August
Nigeria Air Force strikes Boko Haram ‘hideout’ as attack on village kills five people
The Nigerian Air Force struck a Boko Haram "hideout" in the northern Borno state, while at least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack blamed on the group
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4 August
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 4 militants, Africom says
US forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 4 militants associated with the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab, US Africa Command said
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2 August
Russia to deploy military police at 8 observation points in Syria’s Golan Heights
Russia will deploy military police in Syria's Golan Heights, and UN peacekeepers have returned to the frontier, the defense ministry said
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1 August
ISIS fighters surrender to Afghan forces in Jowzjan province
A large number of Islamic State-Khorasan Province fighters surrendered to Afghan forces in Jowzjan province, a spokesperson for the US and NATO mission in Afghanistan said
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