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Patience: Islamic State’s new-found focus on Sabr

Asaf Day -
Islamic State’s recent focus on ‘Sabr’ strategy and related matters of faith may suggest efforts to tackle decreased morale and low motivation
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Europe

Macedonia signs NATO accession papers

Staff Writer With AFP -
Macedonia signed accession papers with NATO, a key step on the way to joining the alliance
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Africa

Five Burkina Faso gendarmes killed as ‘terrorists’ attack Oursi in the Sahel region

Fergus Kelly -
Five Burkina Faso gendarmes were killed in a 'terrorist' attack at Oursi in the northern Sahel region, the armed forces said
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Africa

G5 Sahel leaders again call for UN assistance to fund Joint Force

Fergus Kelly -
Five nations waging a battle against militants in Africa's Sahel region again asked for UN funding and other aid to help tackle the cross-border jihadist insurgency
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Africa

Gunmen kill 26 in seven villages in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria

Staff Writer With AFP -
Gunmen killed 26 people in seven villages in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region
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Africa

Libya sees uptick in attacks on medical facilities, WHO says

Bryan Bowman -
The World Health Organization warned that attacks on health facilities and workers are increasing both in frequency and scale across Libya
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Africa

Central African peace deal initialed, but contents still unpublished

Staff Writer With AFP -
The government of the Central African Republic and 14 armed groups took a further step towards signing a new peace accord
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Africa

ISIS ambush in southwest Egypt injures 4 police officers

Staff Writer With AFP -
Four Egyptian policeman were injured in an ambush in the southwest of the country, a security source said, in an attack claimed by ISIS
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Africa

Boko Haram ‘kill six’ in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa and Borno states

Staff Writer With AFP -
Boko Haram in Nigeria killed six people in a series of attacks in Adamawa and Borno states while the military targeted insurgents in Mallam Fatori and Arege
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Africa

Burkina Faso and DC National Guard sign counter-terror partnership

Joanne Stocker -
The District of Columbia National Guard and Armed Forces of Burkina Faso concluded a formal partnership to develop the African nation's counter-terrorism and peacekeeping capacities as part of the...
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Africa

Burkina Faso: 14 civilians killed in attack in Yatenta near Mali border

Staff Writer With AFP -
The attack in the town of Kain in the Yatenta province bordering Mali, is one of the most serious recorded in Burkina Faso and came on the eve of a G5 Sahel summit
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Europe

Germany pledges €110 million to boost NATO battalion infrastructure in Lithuania

Staff Writer With AFP -
Germany will invest €110 million (US$127 million) in military infrastructure in Lithuania until 2021, its defense minister said on a Monday, February 4 a visit to mark two years...
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Africa

US gives control center to Niger for Boko Haram operations

Staff Writer With AFP -
The US turned over a communications and operations center to the Niger army to help the African nation battle Boko Haram
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Middle East

Jordan to hold new talks on Yemen prisoner swap deal

Staff Writer With AFP -
Yemeni government delegates and Houthi rebels will reconvene in Jordan for a new round of talks to thrash out a deal on a prisoner exchange
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Africa

French Mirage 2000 jets strike vehicles that entered Chad from Libya

Staff Writer With AFP -
French Mirage 2000 fighter jets carried out air strikes to halt an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya in a column of 40 pickups
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Americas

US withdrawal from INF treaty fires the starting pistol on a new arms race

Michelle Bentley -
Withdrawal from the Cold War intermediate-range nuclear missile limitation treaty serves under-pressure US President Donald Trump in several ways, Dr Michelle Bentley argues
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