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Nearly a dozen South Sudanese soldiers were killed at a road ambush along the road leading to Kola-Wedakona, located north of Upper Nile state, a rebel official said.
The armed opposition spokesperson in northern Upper Nile state, Captain Paul Malieth, claimed their forces foiled an attack allegedly planned by pro-government on their stronghold, Sunday evening.
Heavy fighting broke out between forces loyal to Puntland and Galmudug state in Galkayo city, the regional capital of Mudug region in Monday morning, Garowe Online reports.
Local residents reported that both sides have used heavy artillery in the clashes that caused unconfirmed casualties and the destruction of civilian properties in the city.
Thirteen Nigerian soldiers were wounded in clashes with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and others are missing, the army said on Tuesday.
Army spokesman Sani Usman said the clashes took place at Gashigar, a town in the northeast’s Borno state, near the border with Niger.
Intense battles between Somali troops and al-Shabaab fighters have broken out in Afgoye, a city about 30km northwest of the capital Mogadishu, according to security sources and witnesses.
Local authorities told Reuters news agency that at least four police officers were killed on Tuesday when a suicide attacker rammed a bomb-laden car into a police station, and then fighters stormed the area.
Heavy clashes between pro-government forces and IS occurred in Libya’s Sirte on Friday, killing at least 14 of the government fighters, media office of the government forces announced on its Facebook post.
Misrata’s hospital confirmed the casualties, saying that injured government fighters have also rushed to the hospital.
Twelve Egyptian conscripts were killed and six others injured after unidentified armed assailants opened fire on a security checkpoint, said Egypt’s Armed Forces spokesperson in a statement.
According to the spokesperson, the attack targeted the Zakdan checkpoint, south of the Egyptian town Bir El-Abd.
Up to 15 attackers were also killed in the attack after security forces returned fire. Others were reportedly injured in the attack.
Fighters from Central African Republic’s largely Muslim Seleka militia attacked refugees in the country’s remote north on Wednesday, stabbing or hacking to death 13 people before U.N. peacekeepers repelled them, killing at least 10, officials said.
Several people were also wounded in the attack targeting the Kaga Bandoro, a town of dirt roads and thatched mud huts. A Reuters witness saw militiamen stab two refugees to death as people were fleeing. When some tried to fight back with clubs, the militiamen began firing their guns.