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Rwanda accuses DRC of fighter jet ‘provocation’

Rwanda accuses DRC of fighter jet ‘provocation’

A Democratic Republic of Congo fighter jet entered Rwandan airspace, both governments said, in what Rwanda called a "provocation", although Congo said it was a mistake. No military action was taken and the warplane returned to Congo. The incident comes at a time of particularly high tensions between the neighbours, as Congo blames Rwanda for supporting a rebel group fighting in its east. On Monday morning, a Sukhoi-25 fighter jet from Congo violated Rwandan airspace and briefly touched down at Rubavu Airport in Rwanda's Western Province, the Rwandan government said in a statement. "Rwandan authorities have protested this provocation to…
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Nigerian jet kills civilians in pursuit of militants

Nigerian jet kills civilians in pursuit of militants

NINE people were killed and 23 injured in a village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State that was hit by an airstrike by the Nigerian air force, which is battling Islamist insurgents in the area, the state's emergency response agency has announced. The air force said earlier it may have killed and injured civilians while pursuing insurgents in Yobe and that it was investigating the incident. Earlier, an air force spokesman said a fighter jet responded to intelligence on suspicious movements of suspected insurgents from either the Boko Haram group or ISWAP on Wednesday and fired "some probing shots", killing and…
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