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Colombia Raids Anglo-French Oil Firm Over Alleged Paramilitary Ties

Colombian prosecutors have seized the offices of Anglo-French oil and gas firm Perenco, accusing it of paying paramilitaries, a charge the company denied Wednesday.

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Pakistan Army Kills 30 Militants Trying to Cross From Afghanistan

Pakistan's army said Friday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after 16 soldiers died in a suicide attack in the same frontier region last week.

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DR Congo, Rwanda to Sign Peace Accord on June 27

Representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have initialed a peace agreement aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DRC.

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Nine Killed in Niger Jihadist Attack: Local Sources

Suspected jihadists have killed nine travelers, including a teacher, in an attack in southwestern Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, local sources said Sunday.

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Attacks in Central Nigeria Kill at Least 20

Attacks in north-central Nigeria's Plateau state have killed at least 20 people this week, local government and humanitarian sources said Wednesday, in the region's latest flare-up of violence.

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Ex-Leader Kabila Back in DR Congo in M23-Held City

Ex-president Joseph Kabila on Thursday made his first appearance since returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma, an eastern city seized by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia whose lightning offensive the government accuses him of orchestrating.

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Paramilitaries Claim Capture of Key Sudan Towns

Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan's military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week.

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Jihadists Ambush Mozambique Army Outpost, Killing Soldiers: Military Sources

An attack on a military base in northern Mozambique killed multiple soldiers, local military sources told AFP on Wednesday, underscoring spiraling insecurity in the southern African country.

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IS-Claimed Attack in Niger Kills Soldiers

Several soldiers have been killed in an attack targeting a military post in western Niger in an offensive claimed by the Islamic State group.

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Gaza Rescuers Say 22 Killed in Israeli Strikes

Rescuers in Gaza said 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Israeli air strikes across the Palestinian territory on Sunday.

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