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Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:45
Burundi's parliamentary election has been declared neither fair nor free by UN monitors. Monday's poll was boycotted by opposition parties. The USA says Burundi's July 15 presidential election should be delayed.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:42
The US Army has announced a just on $80 million contract to be executed by Sikorsky for four modified UH60M black Hawk helicopters for Tunisia.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:42
The United States vowed on Sunday to support Nigeria after a series of deadly terror attacks blamed on Boko Haram, calling for those responsible to face justice.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:38
U.S.-led coalition aircraft unleashed a wave of airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria in what the coalition said Sunday was one of its most sustained aerial operations carried out in Syria to date.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:38
Two decades after “Black Hawk Down,” U.S. special operations forces are back in East Africa’s most troubled nation.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:33
Two blasts hit the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday evening, one at a restaurant and another targeting a Muslim cleric who has disowned Islamist militant group Boko Haram, several witnesses said.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:32
The U.S. military will send its first class of trained Syrian fighters back into Syria in the next several weeks, in what promises to be a key test for the Obama administration’s effort to stand up an effective local force to combat the Islamic State, Pentagon officials said.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:31
The United States says it is suspending some security assistance to Burundi because of abuses committed by police during political protests and the government's decision to proceed with what the U.S. says were "flawed" parliamentary elections.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:29
Following claims of serious rights abuses in South Sudan, the UN is sending in a team of monitors to investigate. Sanctions have been imposed on six military leaders from both sides of the conflict.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:28
Tariq bin Tahar al-’Awni al-Harzi raised money and helped bring in foreign fighters as suicide bombers; his brother was killed in a previous attack.