At least 20 members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have lost their lives over the past two days as they engaged in clashes with militants in the port city of Benghazi, an informed source told PressTV.

The same unnamed hospital source also claimed a further 40 LNA troops were wounded in the clashes.

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Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) said on Tuesday it had attacked the Nembe Creek Trunk Line pipeline in the southern Niger Delta in a blow to the government’s efforts to quell militancy in the region.

The group, which in August said it would halt hostilities to pursue talks with the government, said on Sunday that it had resumed attacks because of the continued presence of the army in the region.

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The leaders of the semi-autonomous states of Puntland and Galmudug have held direct peace talks in Galkayo airport on Saturday afternoon.

Somali prime minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarake, UN envoy, along with EU and AU representatives were in presence in the closed door meeting in Galkayo to mediate the talks.

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Myanmar’s Rakhine state erupted in violence over the weekend with more than 30 insurgents killed, the military said, as fears grow for the strife-torn region.

Northern Rakhine, which is home to the Muslim Rohingya minority and borders Bangladesh, has been under military lockdown ever since surprise raids on border posts killed nine police last month.

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Yemen’s Shia Houthi militia claim to have seized several villages in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Jizan province, the Houthi-run SABA news agency has reported.

SABA quoted a military source as saying late Thursday that Houthi militiamen had taken control of the villages of Al-Kars and Al-Dafiniya — along with other villages — east of Al-Bahtit and south of Al-Qarn.

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