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Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime
Coordinated attack by JNIM and the Tuareg minority inflicted significant casualties on government forces and Russian auxiliaries
When al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militants launched a series of attacks on military bases and raids into major towns in Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso last summer, observers suggested they had been inspired by their counterparts in Syria, who had
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Gunmen kill at least 29 at football pitch in north-east Nigeria, governor says
Attack in Adamawa state continues wave of violence across the country, including armed raid on orphanage in Kogi
Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in north-east Nigeria, a state governor said on Monday, with local people saying the attackers targeted young people gathered at a football pitch, the latest bout of deadly unrest in Africa’s most populous nation.
The attack on
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German tourist dies after being bitten at snake show on family holiday in Egypt
Man, 57, was watching snake-charming show when reptile crawled into his trousers, say German police
A German tourist has died after a snake crawled into his trousers and bit him as he watched a show in Egypt on a family holiday, police in Germany have said.
The 57-year-old man was watching the snake-charming show at a hotel in
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Mali’s militant attacks expose limits of Putin’s power in Africa
Russian backing for the ruling junta has not stopped rebel fighters striking significant blows in recent days
When Assimi Goïta, the leader of Mali’s military junta, sat down
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Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister
Military intelligence chief reportedly also killed in sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels
Mali has been left reeling from sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels who
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Mexican special forces arrest top commander of cartel and his alleged money launderer
US embassy warns employees to avoid Reynosa area after arrests of Audias Flores and César Alejandro ‘N’
The Mexican authorities have arrested two top criminals, one of them a close ally of the slain founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), prompting gunmen to block roads near the border city of Reynosa.
Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, is a
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Mexico warns US involvement in anti-drug operation should not be repeated
Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crash
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Monday that her government told the United States, in a diplomatic note, that the unauthorized presence of US officials at an anti-narcotics operation in the northern
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Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves 21 dead amid pre-election violence
Cocaine-trafficking rebels blamed for worst attack on civilians in decades, which also left 56 people injured
The death toll in a Colombian highway bombing blamed on cocaine-trafficking rebels has risen to 21, the government said on Monday, in the country’s worst attack on civilians in decades and just ahead of elections.
The attack on Saturday left 56 injured and buses and vans
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US strike kills three on alleged narco boat as campaign death toll hits 185
Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flames
The US military said on Sunday three men were killed when it struck a boat it claimed was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
This latest strike – which follows dozens of similar attacks on alleged drug boats in recent months – brings the US campaign’s death
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What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’
The court sided with a Canadian hiker who deliberately challenged the order imposed to curb spread of wildfires
As wildfires raged across Nova Scotia last summer, the Canadian province made a simple plea to residents: stay away from the woods.
As the situation deteriorated, authorities turned the request