Thursday, February 25, 2021
The Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has accused the armed forces of an attempted coup against his government after top military officers signed a letter calling him to resign.
Tensions between Pashinyan and the military erupted into open conflict on Thursday as the chief of the armed forces general staff, Onik Gasparyan, and other senior commanders accused the prime minister of bringing Armenia to “the brink of collapse”.
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Militants from Nigeria’s oil-rich region have threatened to attack the country’s capital and economic hub for alleged neglect of the Niger-Delta, the nation’s petroleum producing area.
In a video statement Wednesday, Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters said they will target Abuja, the federal capital, and Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, if the government failed to improve the infrastructure of the Niger-Delta region, southern part of the West African country.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Several civilians, including women and children, were injured in violent clashes in the town of Bambari in the Central African Republic.
In a statement late Monday, Doctors Without Borders said a medical center was hit by bullets and explosives amidst violent clashes in Bambari on Feb. 15 and 16.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Fighters of the Iraq’s al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance Movement in the form of the 12th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces carried out a surprise attack on a terrorist hideout in northern Baghdad, killing the governor and the Grand Mufti of Daesh and destroying the remnants of this terrorist group.
According to the Communication and Media Affairs Centre of al-Nujaba in Iran, Iraqi fighters attacked a Daesh hideout in the al-Tarmiyah area of northern Baghdad in a surprise operation on February 21, killing the governor and Grand Mufti of Daesh in the area and arrested some key members of this terrorist group.
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Monday, February 22, 2021
The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an Italian carabineri police officer were killed on Monday while travelling in the DRC in a UN convoy, the Foreign Ministry said.
In a brief statement, the ministry said Luca Attanasio and the officer, named as Vittorio Iacovacci by the Italian government, were killed in Goma. They were traveling in a convoy of the UN stabilisation mission in the country.
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