Thursday, April 25, 2013
Reports from Dobley town in lower Juba region confirm that there was a heavy battle between Kenyan troops and al-Shabaab fighter’s at the outskirts of the town.
The fighting started when al-Shabaab fighters launched an assault on a Kenyan envoy that departed from Dobley town heading to Hosingow town in the lower Juba region.
Eye witness who is at Dobley town has confirmed with Shabelle radio that heavy rockets and heavy bombardments are being exchanged between the two sides and the sound of gun fire is heard from nearby locations.
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During this week, Burma army has reinforced its troops to the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) controlled areas, according to the local news sources.
Three battalions of Burma army, totaling over 200-strong, under the control of Military Operation Command 2 based in Mongnawng, have forwarding its troops toward Monghsu from Mongzang, said Sai Maung from Mongzang sub-township.
It is reported that on 21 April, Burma army, a 200-strong troops from Infantry Battalion (IB) 248, Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) 515 and 517, under the control of mid-eastern Military Operation Command 2, loaded with 13 military trucks of troops have been advanced from Kehsi-Mongnawng sub-townships to Mongzang sub-township then toward Pang-gna - Namtawng villages, Mong Awd tract in Monghsu Township. In response to the Burma army movements, Shan State Army (SSA) also have well prepared to defense its position in its controlled area, said a commander in a condition of anonymity.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
India has accused Chinese soldiers of launching an incursion far into Indian territory, the latest flare-up of tension between the two Asian giants over their de facto boundary in the Himalayas.
“Chinese troops entered 10km into Indian territory on April 15 and pitched tents in the Depsang valley in the Ladakh region of eastern Kashmir,” an Indian official said on Tuesday.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday.
Nigeria’s military blocked access for relief officials to enter the town of Baga, which sits along the shores of Lake Chad in the nation’s far northeast, said Nwakpa O. Nwakpa, a Red Cross spokesman. Another 77 people are receiving medical care there in the ruins of a town where some 300 homes burned down, he said.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded on Sunday in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, killing four security personnel and injuring four others.
A security official told reporters that exchange of fire continued between security forces and militants near the Khwaja Khar checkpost in Mir Ali district of North Waziristan region.
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