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29 June

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UN Security Council extends Mali peacekeeping mission

The UN Security Council unanimously renewed its peacekeeping mission in Mali for a year, urging the country to make progress toward peace

27 June

Celebration of independence in South Sudan

Staff Writer With AFP

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South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar agree ‘permanent’ ceasefire

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and arch-foe Riek Machar agreed to a "permanent" ceasefire to the civil war, to take effect within 72 hours

26 June

Fergus Kelly

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UN investigation concludes Mali soldiers “executed” 12 civilians in Boulikessi

Malian soldiers deployed to the G5 Sahel Joint Force "summarily and/or arbitrarily" executed 12 civilians in retaliation for the death of one of their own, the U.N.'s Minusma mission said

26 June

Neil Hauer

Russia’s poisoned chalice in southern Syria

Russia has few good options for curtailing the behavior of its Iranian and Hezbollah allies against Israel in Syria

26 June

UNPOL and Military components of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

Staff Writer With AFP

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UN peacekeeper killed in South Sudan aid convoy ambush

A Bangladeshi peacekeeper in South Sudan was killed on Tuesday, June 26 when an aid convoy was ambushed in the west of the country, the United Nations mission said

26 June

Joanne Stocker

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Here’s photos of US and Turkish vehicles patrolling Manbij (but not together)

The Pentagon has posted photos of U.S. military vehicles in Manbij, the Syrian city until recently at the heart of a dispute between Turkey and America.

25 June

Erin A. Neale

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Libya: more violence to come as groups jockey for control leading up to elections

Clashes between a weakened General Haftar and immensely unpopular Ibrahim Jadhran’s men raise the possibility of Libya’s complete destruction, The Atlantic Council's Erin A. Neale says

24 June