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Somali Govt Claims 70 Al-Shabaab Killed in Military Operation

More than 70 members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab were killed during an army operation with local forces in Somalia, the information ministry said on Tuesday.

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Ecuador Says Will Ask Allied Countries for Special Forces to Fight Drug Gangs

Ecuador said Wednesday it will ask "allied countries" to send special forces to aid its war against drug gangs blamed for plunging the once-peaceful South American nation into violence.

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African Union Warns Against Territorial Break-Up of DR Congo

The African Union warned against the break-up of the DR Congo, two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the country's east.

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Drone Attack on Hospital Kills 67 in Sudan’s Darfur

A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region has killed 67 people and injured dozens, local activists and a medical source said Saturday, updating an earlier toll.

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Uruguayan UN Peacekeeper Killed in DRC Fighting: Army

A Uruguayan member of the UN peacekeeping force fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed, and four others wounded, Uruguay's military announced Saturday.

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Iraq Ministry Says Two Border Guards Killed by PKK Fire

A shooting which officials blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party killed two Iraqi border guards on Friday near the Turkish boundary in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Iraq's interior ministry said.

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US Lawmakers Say UAE Still Sending Arms to Sudan Fighters

Two US lawmakers said Friday that the United Arab Emirates has violated its promises and kept arming Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, which Washington has accused of genocide.

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Colombia Asks Venezuela to Help Quell Border Violence

Colombia called on neighboring Venezuela Thursday to help tackle guerrillas blamed for a week of bloody violence that has displaced 40,000 people in the lawless border region.

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M23 Fighters Further Encircle Key DR Congo City of Goma

The army acknowledged Tuesday a "breakthrough" by the M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the armed group fighting government forces has seized a trading hub that supplies the city of Goma.

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M23 Fighters Seize DR Congo Mining Town: Local Sources

Fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 movement seized control of a key mining settlement in Democratic Republic of Congo, their latest advance in the country's war-torn east, local sources said on Sunday.

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