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Feb- 2019 -7 FebruaryAfrica
Ex-jihadists among 5,000 to sign up for Mali disarmament program
Some 5,000 fighters signed up to a disarmament program in Mali's conflict-plagued central region, including suspected ex-jihadists
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6 FebruaryAfrica
G5 Sahel leaders again call for UN assistance to fund Joint Force
Five nations waging a battle against militants in Africa's Sahel region again asked for UN funding and other aid to help tackle the cross-border jihadist insurgency
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1 FebruaryAfrica
Romania to replace Canada peacekeepers in UN’s Mali mission
Romania will deploy transport helicopters to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), replacing the Canadian deployment
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Jan- 2019 -31 JanuaryAfrica
France conducts air operations in Mali and Burkina Faso
Aircraft deployed to France's Operation Barkhane have recently conducted air operations in Mali and Burkina Faso
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29 JanuaryAfrica
Two Mali soldiers killed in complex attack in Tarkint, Gao region
Two members of the Armed Forces of Mali (FAMa) were killed and 10 injured in a "complex" attack on a base in Tarkint in the Gao region
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25 JanuaryAfrica
UN peacekeepers in Mali killed by mine near Douentza
Two UN peacekeepers died and several were wounded in central Mali after their vehicle hit a mine, the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) said
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20 JanuaryAfrica
Mali: 10 UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Aguelhok base
Gunmen killed at least ten UN peacekeepers from Chad in an attack on a base in Aguelhok in northern Mali
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17 JanuaryAfrica
France conducts air operations in Mali and Central African Republic
France has recently conducted air operations in Central African Republic and in the Sahel region, the Armed Forces Ministry said
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4 JanuaryAfrica
Death toll in Burkina Faso ethnic clashes rises to 46
Forty-six people were killed in central-northern Burkina Faso this week when a suspected jihadist attack was followed by ethnic clashes, the government said
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Dec- 2018 -30 DecemberAfrica
Joint France-Niger air and ground operation near Tongo Tongo kills 15 ‘terrorists’
French airstrikes followed by two days of ground operations in the Tongo Tongo area near the Mali border killed 15 'terrorists', the French Army said
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