A Malian soldier was killed and a number of others were injured Wednesday in an ambush in northern Mali, where gunmen also attacked two military camps, including a UN mission, a military source said.

The ambush took place 55 kilometres (34 miles) from Menaka, when one of the unit’s vehicles ran over a landmine, the source said.

Meanwhile, in the northern region of Kidal, gunmen attacked a camp run by the UN mission in the country, known by the acronym of MINUSMA, and another camp due to host so-called mixed patrols, another security source said.

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At least 15 people have been killed in a bombing attack, bearing the hallmark of the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno.

The Monday attack targeted an aid distribution point in Konduga area, about 40 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.

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Islamic State militants ambushed a police convoy in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing 18 police and wounding seven others in one of the deadliest attacks this year in the restive region bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Police and military officials said roadside bombs destroyed and set ablaze four armored vehicles and a fifth carrying signal-jamming equipment meant to neutralize roadside bombs that are remotely detonated. The gunmen later opened fire with machine guns and commandeered a police pickup truck.

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East Libyan forces said they had launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters after the militants made incursions south and east of their former coastal stronghold of Sirte.

IS has grown bolder in recent weeks, setting up temporary checkpoints, attacking local forces, and taking over village mosques to lead prayers during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Libyan officials say.

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At least 22 Jubaland soldiers were killed and scores wounded in massive raid on a remote military base near the port town of Kismayo on Sunday morning, Garowe Online reports.

Al-Shabaab militants detonated two suicide car bombs that have been described as “massive”, apparently one after the other as gunmen stormed the camp in Bulogadud, 30Km north of Kismayo city.

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At least 10 killed and 35 others wounded following two bomb explosions targeted a Khat market in Af Urur, about 100KM (60 miles) south of Bosasso in Somalia’s northeastern region of Puntland on Friday.

Local officials said at first an Improvised Explosives Device (IED) planted near a Khat kiosk went off in midday on Friday as many soldiers and civilians were there to buy the stimulant leafy green, resulting number of deaths and injuries. A second blast, which some residents suspect was a mortar shelling, targeted rescuers trying to help those affected by the first explosion.

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Boko Haram extremists killed at least 27 people by shooting them and slitting their throats as they attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno state in the past week, residents said.

Such deadly attacks in recent months have pressured Nigeria’s government to increase its efforts against a homegrown Islamic extremist group it last year declared to be “crushed.”

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