NIAMEY - Militants killed at least 23 Nigerien soldiers and wounded 17 more during an attack on a military unit in the northwestern corner of the...
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KAMPALA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as head of the military, the defence ministry said on...
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By EDITH M. LEDERER THE UNITED NATIONS - The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put the African nation...
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By Giulia Paravicini, Jonathan Saul and Abdiqani Hassan MOGADISHU - As a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their...
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