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Fighting in breakaway Somaliland kills 9, official and medic say

February 14, 2023

In this photo taken on May 18, 2016, a soldier of the army of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland stands guard during an Independence day celebration parade in Hargeisa. (PHOTO / AFP) BOSASO, Somalia - At least nine people were killed and another 14 wounded on Saturday in a sixth...

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Brazil defense minister: Military not directly involved in Brasilia riots

January 21, 2023

File photo of Brazilian future Defense Minister Jose Mucio. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA - Brazil Minister of Defense Jose Mucio said on Friday that the country's armed forces were not directly involved in the riots by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed government buildings calling for...

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West’s firepower turns Ukraine into weapons ‘test bed’

January 17, 2023

Soldiers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine take part in a military exercise, during the UK-led basic training program, on a military training camp, in an unspecified location in the North East of England, Britain, November 9, 2022. (PHOTO / REUTERS) Britain has announced it will send 14 of its...

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Deaths from Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Dnipro rise to 20

January 16, 2023

Rescuers work on a residential building destroyed after a missile strike, in Dnipro on Jan 14, 2023. (VITALII MATOKHA / AFP) MOSCOW/KIEV - The death toll from a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 20, the regional governor said Sunday. At least 73...

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At least one killed in blasts targeting troops in Somalia

January 15, 2023

In this file photo taken on Jan 16, 2022, government soldiers look at the scene of suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia. (PHOTO / AFP) MOGADISHU - One person was killed and at least six others injured in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint manned by Somali government troops...

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Envoy: Ukraine’s peace summit may take place on Feb 24

January 13, 2023

A resident pushes his bike on a snow covered street next to destroyed residential buildings in Borodyanka, near Kyiv on Dec 4, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) KYIV - Ukraine's Ambassador to Türkiye Vasyl Bodnar said that a summit to discuss the peace plan for Ukraine may take place on...

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Russia appoints new military commander in Ukraine

January 12, 2023

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov attend the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the joint staff of troops involved in Russia's military operation in Ukraine, at an unknown location in this Dec 17, 2022 file photo....

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Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

January 11, 2023

Relatives wait for the passengers arriving from Tigray at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa on Dec 28, 2022. (AFP) ADDIS ABABA – Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led...

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Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

January 11, 2023

Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula (left) and Head of the Tigray Forces Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede (right) exchange signed copies of an agreement, at Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 12, 2022. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) ADDIS ABABA - Tigray forces, who fought...

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Car bombs kill at least 10, level houses in central Somalia

January 4, 2023

MOGADISHU - Two car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants killed at least 10 people and flattened several houses in central Somalia's Hiraan region on Wednesday, a government-allied militia and a local elder said. Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab has been waging an insurgency against Somalia's government since 2007. It...

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Putin: Russia to continue to strengthen armed forces

December 22, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with senior military officers in Moscow, Russia on Dec 21, 2022. (VADIM SAVITSKY / SPUTNIK / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) MOSCOW/KYIV - The combat capability of the Russian armed forces is "increasing day by day" and...

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Sudan’s military, civilian leaders sign deal to end political impasse

December 6, 2022

Sudanese civilian leaders lift documents following the signature of an initial deal with military powers aimed at ending a deep crisis caused by last year's military coup, in the capital Khartoum on Dec 5, 2022. (ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) KHARTOUM - Sudan's military and civilian leaders on Monday signed a...

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Russia announces Kherson troop withdrawal

November 11, 2022

A boy prepares to saw wood for heating a house in the village of Osokorivka, in the Kherson region, on Wednesday. (VALENTYN OGIRENKO / REUTERS) Russia announced on Wednesday that it was withdrawing its forces to the eastern side of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region. The strategically important...

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Obasanjo: Ethiopia govt, Tigray forces establish hotline following truce

November 7, 2022

African Union Horn of Africa envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo looks on ahead of a press conference regarding the African Union-led negotiations to resolve conflict in Ethiopia at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) offices in Pretoria on Nov 2, 2022. (PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) NAIROBI...

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Tigrayan forces say ready to accept peace process in Ethiopia

September 12, 2022

Men walk next to a convoy of trucks part of the World Food Programme (WFP) on their way to Tigray in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia, on June 9, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) NAIROBI - Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for...

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Tigrayan forces say ready to accept an AU-led peace process in Ethiopia

September 12, 2022

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Ethiopian, Eritrean forces clash with Tigrayan forces in north

September 1, 2022

A young man walks past a tank said to have belonged to Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels near Debre Tabor, on Dec 6, 2021. (SOLAN KOLLI / AFP) NAIROBI - Ethiopian and Eritrean government forces launched an attack in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray on Thursday, targeting Tigrayan forces,...

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Russia to enlarge armed forces by 10 percent

August 26, 2022

Russia's President Vladimir Putin reviews naval troops as he takes part in the main naval parade marking the Russian Navy Day, in St. Petersburg on July 31, 2022. (ALEXEY DANICHEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to increase the size of...

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Fighting erupts along border of Ethiopia’s Tigray region

August 24, 2022

In this May 8, 2021 file photo, Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. (BEN CURTIS/AP) NAIROBI - Fighting between forces from Ethiopia's rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces...

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At least five people killed, 100 hurt in Somaliland protests

August 12, 2022

A general view of the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on Sept 18, 2021. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) MOGADISHU - At least five people were killed and 100 injured in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region when security forces clashed with protesters demanding presidential elections be held in November, a regional leader said...