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9 August

Buses enter the towns of Foua and Kafriya in Syria's Idlib province to evacuate residents to government-held territory.

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Syrian military shells rebel positions in Idlib, drops leaflets urging ‘reconciliation’

Syrian regime forces shelled rebel and jihadist positions in the Idlib province and dropped leaflets warning of an apparent impending assault

9 August

China donates vehicles to CAR's military

Fergus Kelly

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Central African Republic receives military vehicles from China and the US

Central African Republic's Armed Forces received more than 120 vehicles from both China and the US as part of attempts to boost the country's military capacity

9 August

Staff Writer With AFP

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Saudi-led coalition admits Yemen airstrike that Red Cross says killed dozens of children

The Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen said it carried out a deadly attack which the Red Cross said hit a bus carrying children

9 August

South Sudan Kiir-Machar power-sharing deal signed

Staff Writer With AFP

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South Sudan President Kiir pardons rival Machar and rebel groups

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir issued a decree offering an amnesty to rebels including his bitter rival Riek Machar, days after the two signed a power-sharing deal

8 August

Staff Writer With AFP

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Five Kenyan soldiers killed in roadside IED explosion claimed by al Shabaab

Five Kenyan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the eastern Lamu county, in an attack claimed by al Shabaab

7 August

Staff Writer With AFP

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Seven killed, village burned in suspected Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri

Suspected Boko Haram militants in a dawn raid killed seven people and burned Munduri, a village 13 km north of Borno state capital Maiduguri

7 August

Staff Writer With AFP

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NATO investigates reports 9 Afghan police killed in US air strike in Logar province

NATO is investigating reports that at least nine Afghan police officers were killed in a U.S. air strike during fighting with the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Logar province

5 August

Joanne Stocker

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Resolute Support troops killed in eastern Afghanistan suicide bombing

A suicide bomber killed three service members with NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and injured three others

4 August

Staff Writer With AFP

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Nigeria Air Force strikes Boko Haram ‘hideout’ as attack on village kills five people

The Nigerian Air Force struck a Boko Haram "hideout" in the northern Borno state, while at least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack blamed on the group

4 August