Africa – Page 261 – The Defense Post

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8 November

Court jails 65 for membership in Upper Egypt ISIS ‘cell’

An court sentenced 65 suspected Islamic State members to between five years and life in prison for setting up a "terrorist cell" in Upper Egypt

8 November

Staff Writer With AFP

Democratic Republic of Congo troops kill 17 Kasai militia members, capture others

Seventeen members of an insurgent group in the central Democratic Republic of Congo region of Kasai were killed and others captured in an army ambush

7 November

Fergus Kelly

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France proposes UN peacekeeper support for Central African troop deployments

The UN Security Council is weighing a French proposal that would see UN peacekeepers support newly-trained Central African Republic troops as they deploy

7 November

Staff Writer With AFP

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Egypt sentences 8 to death over 2016 ISIS attack on army checkpoint

An Egyptian military court sentenced eight members of Islamic State to death for a deadly attack against the army in 2016

7 November

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh el-Sisi

Staff Writer With AFP

Sisi promises Egypt’s military support to Gulf allies if threatened

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged military support for Egypt's Gulf Arab allies if their security comes under threat

6 November

Islamic State West Africa Province militants

Staff Writer With AFP

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Nigeria troops missing after Boko Haram attacks Kukawa military base in Borno state

At least 16 Nigerian soldiers are missing after clashes with Boko Haram jihadists in Kukawa in the Lake Chad area, an attack later claimed by Islamic State

6 November

Staff Writer With AFP

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Locals accuse Burundi AMISOM troops of killing 4 Somalia civilians

Witnesses accused African Union soldiers of killing four civilians in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, after they opened fire when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb

5 November