Nigerians were spared a horrendous slaughter of residents of Bama and Konduga local councils of Borno State when the Nigerian Army 7 Division troops foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on the area, killing no fewer than 40 of the insurgents and injuring many others in a surprise assault on Sunday.

The troops, acting on information that the gunmen were planning an attack on Konduga and Bama local councils’ headquarters on the eve of Eid-el-Kabir celebration, engaged the sect at the fringes of Sambisa Forests and repelled the armed militants.

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The government spokesman for Congo is accusing neighboring Rwanda and the M23 rebels of preparing more attacks in volatile eastern Congo.

Lambert Mende told reporters Monday that Congolese authorities have “confirmed with certainty” that the rebels are backed by Rwanda and are planning to launch a fresh offensive.

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The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) secretary- general warned they , together with the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), would intensify attack on the regime if it continues its crackdown on peaceful protesters.

Yasir Arman issued on Wednesday a statement at the end of a three-day meeting of the SPLM leadership council where the group discussed issued related to its organisation and humanitarian situation in the areas under its control besides the political unrest in the country.

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Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based jihadi group, has claimed responsibility for an attack that rocked South Sinai’s security department on Monday.

The group said that the blast, which killed one and injured 22 others, came in response to “the crime of killing protesters in Rabaa al-Adaweya, al-Nahda [Square] and Ramses,” referring to a series of crackdowns by security forces against supporters of Mohamed Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood.

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The death toll of victims killed during renewed clashes between Muslim rebels of the Seleka coalition and Christian vigilante groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) has risen to at least 40, witnesses said on Tuesday.

The attacks took place overnight Monday into Tuesday in the villages of Gaga in Ouham district and Yaloke in neighbouring Ombella M’Poko district, roughly 200km north-west of the capital, Bangui.

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At least 20 people were killed when Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a town in northeast Nigeria, triggering clashes with troops stationed there, the military said on Sunday.

A spokesman for Nigerian forces in northeastern Borno state, which lies at the heart of a four-year-old Islamist insurgency, said the Islamists crept into the town of Damboa in the early hours of Saturday.

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Tuareg separatists said on Saturday they were rejoining the peace process in northern Mali, just over a week after they pulled out and accused Bamako of not respecting the terms of a truce signed in June.

The three separatist groups, including the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, or MNLA, rebels, made the announcement after Malian authorities released 23 insurgents last week to comply with the terms of the ceasefire signed in Ouagadougou.

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