Heavy fighting broke out across Benghazi last night at around 2 am, reportedly between Saiqa Special Forces and Ansar Al-Sharia. At least four soldiers are known to have been killed.

A member of Saiqa Special Forces Brigade told the Libya Herald the worst of the fighting took place outside the headquarters of Benghazi Security Directorate in the city’s Hawari district. He claimed that clashes erupted after Saiqa blocked the road around the directorate following an incident there involving Ansar Al-Sharia earlier in the night. The exact reason for the violence remains unclear.

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The rebel Movement for the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) in southern Senegal has declared a unilateral truce to sue for dialogue with the government, APA can report Wednesday.In an interview with a local radio station in Dakar, MFDC leader Salif Sadio said he hoped the ceasefire will enhance the prospects for lasting peace after more than thirty years of separatist rebellion in the province.

Mr. Sadio said the truce followed talks with officials of the government led by President Macky Sall at the Vatican recently.

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The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced on Tuesday the liberation of the town of Abri, SPLM-N’s base and HQ at Kualeeb ranges in Nuba Mountains (South Kordofan). The recapture of the town comes as part of the “decisive summer operations” to end insurgency in the area.

SAF spokesperson, Al Sawarmi Khalid Saad, in statement said the town of Abri derives its importance from the fact that it is a link between the Kuwaleeb Mountains and Kauda, the rebel stronghold.

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At least 22 people were killed in an attack on a hospital in Nanga Boguila, some 450km north of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter.

Gunmen believed to be affiliated with seleka militia had attacked the hospital on Saturday afternoon, killing at least 22 people, including three Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staffers, the African peacekeeping force confirmed on Monday.

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The Defence Headquarters on Friday announced an escalation of gun battle with the Boko Haram sect in Borno State after the capture of those it described as leaders of the terrorist organisation.

A statement signed by the Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, said the gun battle, which occurred on Thursday night, led to the killing of over 40 terrorists and four soldiers.

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The South Sudan’s rebels, The SPLM-in-Opposition have this afternoon claimed to have captured the strategic Northern Upper Nile town of Renk from the government forces.

Rebel sources in Nasir disclosed to the Upper Nile Times that their colleagues overran the town in the afternoon chasing out a contingent of government forces and JEM rebels in the area.

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An intense violent confrontation erupted late last night near Awdinle of the Bay region between co-allied African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army against Al-Shabaab terrorist insurgents.

As AMISOM and the Somali National Army were passing by Awdinle in a several vehicle convoy, fighters from the radical terrorist insurgency attacked the pro-government soldiers leading to aggravated clashes.

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