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Apr- 2020 -29 April
Amid condemnation, Syria’s YPG disavows deadly car bomb in Efrin
Syria's Kurdish-led YPG denied responsibility for a truck bomb in the Turkey-occupied city of Efrin that killed at least 40 people
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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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27 April
Violence increased in Afghanistan after US-Taliban deal, UN says
Violence surged in Afghanistan in the weeks after the US and the Taliban signed a deal supposed to pave the way for a peace process, UNAMA said
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27 April
Syria says air defenses intercept missiles near Damascus
Syrian air defense intercepted several missiles fired during an "Israeli" airstrike against targets near the capital Damascus
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21 April
Driver killed in attack on UN vehicle in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed in Rakhine state when their UN vehicle was ambushed as they were carrying COVID-19 test samples
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20 April
Taliban kill Afghan troops and civilians in latest wave of attacks
The Taliban have killed at least 23 Afghan troops and nine civilians in as a fresh wave of violence despite a deal with the US
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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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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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1 April
New evidence US airstrike killed teenage girl in Somalia, report says
An Amnesty International investigation revealed further evidence that a US airstrike in Somalia killed a teenage girl, despite military's denial
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