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“Troops also uncovered and destroyed three major terrorist detention facilities along the Damboa–Gujba axis of the Timbuktu Triangle.” The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Hadin Kai killed over 30 terrorists and facilitated the return
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Clashes along Sudan’s Blue Nile frontier have pointed fingers at Addis Ababa amid accusations it is enabling the Rapid Support Forces and risking wider regional fallout. Fighting in Sudan’s southeastern Blue Nile region has once
Babies are among 53 dead or missing after a migrant boat sinks off Libya, UN says
Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday, the latest tragedy on a dangerous route for those
Military Drone Strike In Niger Killed 17 Civilians In January: HRW
A drone strike apparently carried out by Niger’s military killed 17 civilians, among them children, in western Niger last month, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Niger is plagued by jihadist violence in the western Tillaberi
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Jihadist groups are increasingly carrying out drone strikes in West Africa, raising alarm that they are building the capacity to wage a “war from the skies”. A leading violence monitoring organisation, Acled, has recorded at
Drone attack by paramilitary group in Sudan kills 24, including 8 children, doctors’ group says
A drone attack by a notorious paramilitary group hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said, a day after a
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The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for last week’s coordinated attack on Diori Hamani International Airport and the adjacent Air Base 101 in Niamey, Niger’s capital, marking one of the most high-profile attacks for IS-affiliates
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While international powers publicly call for de-escalation and humanitarian ceasefires, their regional allies are flooding Sudan’s battlefields with weapons Nearly three years into a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions, Sudan