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France to withdraw troops from Burkina Faso within a month

January 26, 2023

In this file photograph taken on November 11, 2019, an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of the French Army patrols a rural area during the Bourgou IV operation in northern Burkina Faso along the border with Mali and Niger. (MICHELE CATTANI / AFP) PARIS - France will withdraw its troops from...

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Macron awaiting clarifications from Burkina Faso president on troops

January 23, 2023

French President French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Camp des Milles memorial site in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, Dec 5, 2022. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON / POOL VIA AP) PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he was awaiting clarifications from Burkina Faso's transitional President Ibrahim Traore about...

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Burkina Faso govt demands departure of French troops

January 22, 2023

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on Jan 20, 2023. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso's military government has demanded the departure of French troops...

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Ukraine takes Kherson after Russian forces retreat

November 12, 2022

A Ukrainian female soldier poses for a photo against a Kherson sign in the background, in Kherson, Ukraine, Nov 11, 2022. (DAGAZ / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV – Ukraine has taken control of the southern city of Kherson after Russia transferred all its armed forces to the left (eastern) bank of the...

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NATO brings reserve troops to Kosovo for training amid fears of unrest

September 24, 2022

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - NATO has brought in reserve troops assigned to its KFOR peacekeeping mission to Kosovo for training, one of the mission commanders said, as a deadline approaches in a spat between the Serbian minority and the government that may spark fresh unrest. KFOR's regional commander east, Colonel...

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Moscow to increase missile strikes on Kyiv targets

April 17, 2022

This photo shows a view of the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 24, 2022. (EMILIO MORENATTI / AP) MOSCOW - Russia will expand the scale of its missile strikes on Kyiv in response to any Ukrainian forces' attacks or sabotage on Russian territory, the country's defense ministry said Friday. "Russian...

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Ukraine tensions: Additional US troops arrive in Poland

February 8, 2022

A US Air Force transport plane transporting military equipment and troops is unloaded at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland, on Feb 6, 2022. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP) WARSAW - A plane carrying US soldiers landed in southern Poland on Sunday, on US President Joe Biden's order to deploy additional...

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Ukraine tensions: US to deploy 3,000 more troops to Europe

February 4, 2022

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Feb 2, 2022. President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, N.C., to Poland and Germany this week and sending part of an infantry Stryker squadron of roughly 1,000 troops based in Germany to...

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Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels accuse Eritrea of launching attacks

January 11, 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) ADDIS ABABA - The Tigray People's Liberation Front, the party that controls most of the northern Ethiopia region of Tigray, on...

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Poland fears ‘major incident’ as migrants head for border

November 9, 2021

Syrian migrants walk through the forest near Hajnowka, Poland, during a joint rescue operation of activists from the "Grupa Granica" (Border Group) and volounteers from Medycy na Granicy (Medics on the Border), on Oct 23, 2021. (WOJTEK RADWANSKI / AFP) KYIV - Polish authorities accused Belarus of trying to spark...

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Portugal to send more troops to Mozambique amid Islamist threat

May 11, 2021

In this file photo dated June 14, 2019, Portuguese Defense Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho speaks during his meeting with then Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (ERIC BARADAT / AFP) Portugal will send a further 60 troops to Mozambique as part of a new...

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Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray

April 5, 2021

People stand in a looted classroom at Ksanet Junior Secondary School, which was shelled as federal-aligned forces entered the city and looted allegedly by Eritrean forces, in Wukro, north of Mekele, on March 1, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) NAIROBI - Eritrean forces have started withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Tigray region in...

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US spy agencies ‘warned Biden of possible Afghan takeover by Taliban’

March 28, 2021

In this file photo taken on May 19, 2020, Afghan security forces sit in a Humvee vehicle amid ongoing fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (PHOTO / STR / AFP) WASHINGTON - US intelligence agencies have told the Biden administration that the Taliban could overrun...

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Ethiopia’s PM: Eritrea agrees to withdraw troops at border

March 27, 2021

In this file photo taken on January 12, 2020 Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed speaks during a press conference with South African President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. (PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) NAIROBI - Eritrea has agreed to withdraw troops from Ethiopian territory along their common border, Ethiopia’s...