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Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:14
Chad's president Idriss Deby declared on Tuesday that efforts to combat neighbouring Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists had succeeded in "decapitating" the group and would be wrapped up "by the end of the year".
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:12
A South Sudanese rebel commander said on Wednesday he and other commanders had split from their leader Riek Machar, a move which was expected to make it more difficult to end the country's 19-month civil conflict.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:10
In an offensive started at the beginning of the year — the latest front in a decades-long struggle to control crime — the police have pushed deep into the slums where gangs hold sway and three units of elite troops stand by to join the battle on the streets for the first time.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:10
Southern Accord 2015 brings together the U.S. Army, Zambian Defense Force, Southern African Development Community and other partner nation participants for two weeks of command post and field training exercises.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:08
Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Sani, chief of transformation and innovation for the Nigerian Army, said his country is countering the threat of Boko Haram and other asymmetric threats by “thinking outside the box.”
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:06
For nearly a week, gun-toting masked men loyal to a local drug gang overran this small city along a key smuggling route. Police officers and soldiers stood by as the gunmen patrolled the streets, searching for rivals and hauling off at least 14 men who have not been seen since.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:05
The rape of a 12-year-old girl and the apparent indiscriminate killings of a 16-year-old boy and his father by UN peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic must be urgently investigated.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 05:47
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have in close succession come up with a new punishment for people suspected of involvement with terrorist organizations.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 05:44
Interethnic rioting in early August along the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan started over a narrow, uneven lane about a couple hundred feet long.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 05:42
With funding from US and EU, new state initiative promised to clean up politics. But choice of chair draws widespread skepticism.