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Five Mali soldiers killed by roadside bomb near Alatona

Five Malian soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Alatona in the central Segou region

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Islamic State says it carried out deadly attack on Burkina Faso soldiers in Hallele

Islamic State said ISWAP was behind an attack that killed seven soldiers at their base in northern Burkina Faso

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‘At least 60’ killed in attack on Niger military camp in Inates

At least 60 people were killed in a militant attack on a military camp in Inates in the Tillaberi region of western Niger near the Mali border

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France’s military chief of staff rejects ISIS claim for deadly Mali helicopter crash

An ISWAP ambush did not cause a collision between two French army helicopters which left 13 soldiers dead in Mali, General Francois Lecointre said

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Niger: German C-160 tests new runway at Niamey air base

A Transall C-160 ESS cargo aircraft took off and landed to test a new runway in Niger's capital Niamey, the Bundeswehr said

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Mali helicopter collision kills 13 French soldiers with Operation Barkhane

Thirteen soldiers from France's anti-terrorist Barkhane force in Mali were killed after two helicopters collided during an operation in the country's north

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Burkina Faso protests ‘unidentified’ foreign military overflights, requests advanced notice

Burkina Faso has asked for advance warning of foreign military overflights, warning that any unidentified planes will be considered "enemy"

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At least 24 Mali soldiers, 17 ‘terrorists’ killed in Tabankort during joint operation with Niger

At least 24 soldiers were killed and 29 others injured in Tabankort in eastern Mali during a bilateral Mali-Niger military operation

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French commando seriously injured in Mali counter-ISIS operation that killed 5 ‘terrorists’ near Indelimane

A French solider was seriously injured during a counter-Islamic State operation near Indelimane in Mali's Menaka region in which five 'terrorists' were killed

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France and Sahel partner forces conduct ‘unprecedented’ operation in Burkina Faso and Mali

Forces from the France-led Operation Barkhane and its partner forces in the Sahel region carried out an 'unprecedented' 17-day counter-terror operation

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