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Kenyan Army Denies Al Shabaab's Claim Of Killing Troops In Raid On Thursday
The terror group al Shabaab said on Friday its fighters killed dozens of Kenyan troops when they attacked a remote military base in Somalia on Thursday, a claim the Kenyan army denied.
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7 Killed As Suicide Car Bomb Explodes Near Peacekeeper Base In Somali Capital
A suicide attacker set of a car bomb near an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu today, near the city's airport, police said.
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Deploying AU Force Without Burundi Approval 'Unimaginable': Official
The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, the AU special representative for the region told French radio RFI today.
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Burundi Defiant As Africa Leaders Debate Peacekeeping Force
African Union efforts to approve a peacekeeping force for troubled Burundi faced tough challenges as leaders met ahead of an unprecedented vote on the potential deployment of 5,000 troops.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Burundi's President Threatens To Fight African Peacekeepers
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza threatened today to fight any African Union peacekeepers imposed on his country, in his most confrontational comments yet on a mounting political crisis.
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Burundi Rebels Announce Force To Oust President
Burundi's rebels came together today for the first time as a force aimed at ousting President Pierre Nkurunziza, after months of bloodshed in the troubled central African country.
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Burundi Rejects African Union Peacekeeping Force
Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's extended tenure in office, a government spokesman said.
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African Union To Send 5,000-Strong Force To Burundi
The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.
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African Union Agrees In Principle To Send Troops To Burundi
The African Union has agreed to send troops to stop violence in Burundi, a senior official said today, after talks in which the 54-member bloc warned it would not allow "another genocide".
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UN Peacekeepers Sexually Abused Minors as Young as 11: Official
UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic face allegations of sexual abuse in 13 cases, including nine that involve underage victims as young as 11, an official said Thursday.
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UN Chief Sacks Central Africa Mission Head Over Peacekeeper Sex Abuse Claims
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday he had fired the mission chief in the Central African Republic, saying "enough is enough" after a string of allegations of child sex abuse by peacekeepers.
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New Central Africa Fighting Kills 20 as French Minister Visits
France's defence minister Tuesday urged rival factions in the Central African Republic to reach a truce as peacekeepers reported fresh fighting that left 20 civilians dead in the strife-torn country.
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Islamist Militants Raid Hotel in Central Somalia - Witnesses
Islamist militants hurled grenades at the gate of a hotel in central Somalia on Thursday then opened fire as they burst into the building used by Somali soldiers and Djiboutian African Union peacekeepers, residents said.
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Mali Urges Aggressive Overhaul of UN Peacekeeping Mission
Mali called on the United Nations to speed up deploying the remainder of its promised 12,000-member peacekeeping force and station more troops in the West African nation's turbulent north.
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Kenyan Army Denies Al Shabaab's Claim Of Killing Troops In Raid On Thursday
The terror group al Shabaab said on Friday its fighters killed dozens of Kenyan troops when they attacked a remote military base in Somalia on Thursday, a claim the Kenyan army denied.
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7 Killed As Suicide Car Bomb Explodes Near Peacekeeper Base In Somali Capital
A suicide attacker set of a car bomb near an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu today, near the city's airport, police said.
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Deploying AU Force Without Burundi Approval 'Unimaginable': Official
The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, the AU special representative for the region told French radio RFI today.
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Burundi Defiant As Africa Leaders Debate Peacekeeping Force
African Union efforts to approve a peacekeeping force for troubled Burundi faced tough challenges as leaders met ahead of an unprecedented vote on the potential deployment of 5,000 troops.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Burundi's President Threatens To Fight African Peacekeepers
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza threatened today to fight any African Union peacekeepers imposed on his country, in his most confrontational comments yet on a mounting political crisis.
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Burundi Rebels Announce Force To Oust President
Burundi's rebels came together today for the first time as a force aimed at ousting President Pierre Nkurunziza, after months of bloodshed in the troubled central African country.
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Burundi Rejects African Union Peacekeeping Force
Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's extended tenure in office, a government spokesman said.
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African Union To Send 5,000-Strong Force To Burundi
The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.
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African Union Agrees In Principle To Send Troops To Burundi
The African Union has agreed to send troops to stop violence in Burundi, a senior official said today, after talks in which the 54-member bloc warned it would not allow "another genocide".
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UN Peacekeepers Sexually Abused Minors as Young as 11: Official
UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic face allegations of sexual abuse in 13 cases, including nine that involve underage victims as young as 11, an official said Thursday.
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UN Chief Sacks Central Africa Mission Head Over Peacekeeper Sex Abuse Claims
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday he had fired the mission chief in the Central African Republic, saying "enough is enough" after a string of allegations of child sex abuse by peacekeepers.
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New Central Africa Fighting Kills 20 as French Minister Visits
France's defence minister Tuesday urged rival factions in the Central African Republic to reach a truce as peacekeepers reported fresh fighting that left 20 civilians dead in the strife-torn country.
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Islamist Militants Raid Hotel in Central Somalia - Witnesses
Islamist militants hurled grenades at the gate of a hotel in central Somalia on Thursday then opened fire as they burst into the building used by Somali soldiers and Djiboutian African Union peacekeepers, residents said.
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Mali Urges Aggressive Overhaul of UN Peacekeeping Mission
Mali called on the United Nations to speed up deploying the remainder of its promised 12,000-member peacekeeping force and station more troops in the West African nation's turbulent north.
