The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun the first steps towards disarmament, closing a chapter on a four-decade armed campaign against the Turkish state in a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.

A small ceremony was held on Friday in Sulaimaniyah in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, where 20 to 30 PKK fighters were destroying their weapons rather than surrendering them to any government or authority. The symbolic process was conducted under tight security and is expected to unfold throughout the summer.

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Nigeria’s military has “neutralised” 24 Boko Haram terrorists in coordinated operations in the West African country’s northeast, an army statement said on Thursday.

Nigerian troops backed by air support and local forces eliminated several Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in northeastern operations between July 4 and 9, the army wrote on X.

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Somaliland’s Information Minister, Ahmed Yasin Sheikh Ali, on Tuesday accused Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of planning to deploy federal troops to Sanaag region, alleging an attempt to destabilize a peaceful area as Al-Shabaab militants make territorial gains elsewhere.

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Fresh fighting between rival Chin resistance groups in Myanmar’s Falam Township has reignited instability along the porous India-Myanmar border, sparking a wave of refugee inflows into India’s north-eastern state of Mizoram and escalating regional security concerns.

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The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) announced a major update on Wednesday regarding its ongoing military campaign in the Amhara region, claiming it has “annihilated” dozens of Fano fighters in coordinated operations carried out between June 25 and July 1.

According to a statement published on the Defense Force’s social media platforms, the campaign — dubbed Operation Tide — involved coordinated efforts between the Eastern Command and various combat support units. The ENDF reported killing 83 fighters described as “extremists” and injuring 39 others in operations concentrated in the South Gondar and Gojjam areas.

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