Tuesday, July 30, 2019
A series of battles took place between KIA’s 9th Battalion troops and BA’s 427th Light Infantry Regiment near the old Nam Pati village in Kutkai township on April 30 at 5:50 am and later again at 4 pm.
On April 29, KIA’s 9th Battalion troops and about 50 soldiers from BA’s 427th LIR engaged at the old Nam Pati village at around 12:25 pm. On the same day, another battle fought between KIA’s 9th Battalion troops and about 50 soldiers from BA’s 10th Light Infantry Battalion troops at Kawng Mu around 2 pm.
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At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh’s office, the government said in a statement on Monday.
Saleh, a running mate of Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, was slightly injured in the attack.
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Monday, July 29, 2019
An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in Maiduguri, Borno State, has left 65 people dead, almost triple the initial toll, a local official said Sunday.
Dozens more bodies were discovered following the assault Saturday by gunmen on Gajiram village, close to the regional capital Maiduguri.
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Sunday, July 28, 2019
An air attack by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar near the Libyan capital killed five doctors, the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) said on Sunday.
“The field hospital located on the airport road [southern Tripoli] was hit by an air raid,” said health ministry spokesperson Lamine al-Hashemi.
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Sudanese and South Sudanese officials agreed late on Saturday with the leader of an alliance of armed factions operating along their joint border to extend a ceasefire and grant humanitarian access to some areas affected by conflict in Sudan.
Sudan says neighboring South Sudan has been giving refuge to Malik Agar, one of many rebels in Sudan. The two countries share a long and porous border, and have a history of supporting armed groups on each others’ territories after oil-rich South Sudan became independent in 2011.
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