Islamic State
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Jun- 2021 -30 JuneAfrica
EU Agrees Military Training Mission for Mozambique
EU ambassadors gave the green light to set up a military mission in Mozambique to help train its armed forces battling jihadists in the north of the country.
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24 JuneAfrica
Southern African Bloc to Send Troops to Insurgency-Hit Mozambique
Southern African countries agreed to deploy forces to help quell a jihadist insurgency, as military and security sources said late Wednesday there had been fresh clashes with Islamist militants in northern Mozambique.
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22 JuneAfrica
Burkina Faso Troops Kill 11 Jihadists, Destroy 3 Bases
Burkina Faso soldiers killed 11 jihadists and destroyed three "terrorist" bases last week in security operations after the deadliest massacre in the country's six-year jihadist insurgency, the army said.
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10 JuneAmericas
Five Rockets Target Iraq Base Housing US Contractors: Security Source
Five rockets Wednesday evening targeted Iraq's Balad airbase, with two of the projectiles falling near an area used by US contractors without causing casualties.
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7 JuneAfrica
At Least 160 Killed in Deadliest Burkina Faso Attack Since 2015
Suspected jihadists massacred at least 160 civilians in a village in Burkina Faso's volatile north, the deadliest attack since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015, local officials said Sunday.
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May- 2021 -27 MayAfrica
Southern African Leaders Hold Summit on Jihadist Threat
Leaders of the southern African regional bloc SADC will hold an extraordinary summit on Thursday in Maputo to discuss the violence engulfing northern Mozambique.
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24 MayMiddle East
Turkey Detains Top IS Suspect Wanted by US
Turkish intelligence officers have arrested an Egyptian-born terror suspect wanted by Washington who was a top explosives expert for the Islamic State group, state media reported Monday.
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17 MayAsia Pacific
Fighting Resumes in Southern Afghanistan as Ceasefire Ends
Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces resumed Sunday in the restive southern province of Helmand, officials said, ending a three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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13 MayAfrica
Five Villagers Killed in Niger Eid Attack
Five people were killed on Wednesday in an attack on a village in the western Tillaberi region of Niger, near the border with Mali.
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12 MayAsia Pacific
IS-Linked Militants Kill Four Farmers in Indonesia
Islamic State-linked extremists have killed four farmers in a remote village on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, with one of the victims reportedly beheaded.
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