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Saturday, 19 June, 2021

Burma-Myanmar: Tatmadaw targets civilians following military defeat in Kachin State, KWAT says

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Following a series of embarrassing military defeat during the conflict with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the Burma Army increased attacks on civilians, a Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand (KWAT) report has found.

According to KWAT’s June 16 report, the Tatmadaw committed human rights abuses against civilians in Kachin State in response to KIA seizing several strategic military camps in Kachin State.

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Friday, 18 June, 2021

Cameroon: Cameroon deploys troops to fight Ambazonia Defense Forces (ADF) separatists

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Cameroon this week deployed an additional 300 troops to Bui, a northwestern administrative unit that the military says has become a stronghold for separatists. The troops are conducting house-to-house searches for weapons and destroying improvised explosive devices and rebel camps. But Civilians accuse both sides of abuses and rights violations.

Cameroon’s military says Bui, an administrative unit in the English speaking North West Region, is becoming an epicenter of separatist atrocities. About 35 improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, were destroyed by the military within the past two weeks.

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Thursday, 17 June, 2021

Somalia: Attack kills 10 people at Mogadishu army training camp

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A suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people at an army training camp in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.

Many of the injured have been taken to hospital, a witness told the BBC.

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Saturday, 12 June, 2021

France: French army kills Mali jihadist linked to 2 journalist murders

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French soldiers have killed a Malian jihadist suspected of being responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of two French journalists in 2013, Defence Minister Florence Parly said Friday.

Parly said French forces in the Sahel region killed “four terrorists” during an operation in northern Mali on June 5, including Bayes Ag Bakabo, the prime suspect in the deaths of RFI radio reporters Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon.

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Friday, 11 June, 2021

Syria: Syrian regime shelling kills 10 people near Idlib

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Syrian regime shelling on the opposition-held Idlib enclave killed 10 people Thursday, one of the deadliest violations of a 15-month-old ceasefire, a war monitor said.

An AFP correspondent in the area saw the remains of a house destroyed by the rocket fire as well as a charred vehicle parked outside.

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