60 abducted Burkinabe women freed
THIAM NDIAGA SIXTY-SIX women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national
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Militants kidnap 50 women in Burkina Faso
THIAM NDIAGA ISLAMIST militants kidnapped around 50 women searching for food in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum, a hotbed
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Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia
ABDI SHEIKH TWO car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants in central Somalia killed at least 35 people, including eight
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At least 50 killed in April by Malian army, ‘foreign troops’ -U.N. report
SOFIA CHRISTENSEN AT least 50 civilians were killed during a military operation conducted by Mali’s army and “foreign troops” on
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Militants attack Mali’s main military base, situation ‘under control’
FADIMATA KONTAO ISLAMIST militants struck Mali’s main military base, just outside the capital Bamako, in a complex attack involving car
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U.S. says it killed two al Shabaab militants in Somalia airstrike
THE U.S. military said it had killed two fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in a
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Search for 3 Italians kidnapped in Mali
ARMED men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said, as violence spreads in
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Eight soldiers killed in Togo, raising spectre of first deadly Islamist attack
EIGHT soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in an attack in northern Togo, the government said, marking potentially the first
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Burkina Faso mines chamber promises extra security
ANNE MIMAULT THE president of Burkina Faso’s mines chamber said extra measures would be taken to increase security and help
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“White mercenaries involved in Mali massacre”
PAUL LORGERIE IT was market day in the town of Moura in central Mali when Malian troops backed by white
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