Wars in the World

Fighting resumed for the fourth day between soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo national army, FARDC, and rebels of the March 23 (M23) movement in Ntamugenga in Bweza tribal group of Rutshuru territory in North Kivu.

According to the spokesperson of the Sokola 2 operational sector in North Kivu, Lt.-Colonel Njike Kaiko Guillaume, the national army is “responding efficiently to all provocations”.

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Eight people were killed after militants stormed a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo, an attack that started with a suicide bombing Sunday before gunmen forcibly entered and exchanged fire with security forces.

The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying its fighters had penetrated the Tawakal Hotel.

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Sudan’s army said on Wednesday a rebel group that has refused to sign a key peace deal had shelled a town in the southern state of West Kordofan, wounding two officers.

The reported artillery strikes in Lagawa, some 580 km southwest of the capital Khartoum, come after ethnic clashes last week in a land dispute near the town left several people dead.

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In Ethiopia, rebels in the northern Tigray region say Ethiopian troops backed by Eritrean soldiers have seized the key city of Shire amid heavy fighting northwest of the Tigrayan capital.

Aid workers report thousands of civilians have begun fleeing the fighting over the weekend amid fears they could face mass killings and sexual violence.

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30 al-Shabaab militants were killed in a Somali army operation in Shabelle Central Governorate, in the southeast of the country, as the government forces escalated their operations against the terrorist movement.

The Somali National News Agency reported Saturday that “Somali Security forces took over Hawadley, a strategic village in middle Shabelle region from al-Shabab terrorists, killing 30 terrorists,” including three of the movement’s leaders.

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