Saturday, 17 January, 2015
Troops from the Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) armed wing have clashed repeatedly with government forces in both Kachin and northern Shan states over last few days. The clashes come ahead of a renewed push by President Thein Sein to secure a National Ceasefire agreement by the February 12th Union Day holiday.
The clashes in Shan state started on January 12th and took place in areas controlled by Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Battalions 2, 36, and 38 according to Captain Zau La of KIA Brigade 4 (all three of the battalions are in the 4th Brigade).
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Friday, 16 January, 2015
An Islamist-backed militia alliance has announced a ceasefire in conflict-strewn Libya, following a breakthrough at UN-brokered peace talks between warring factions.
The militias have agreed to ‘a ceasefire on all fronts’ in the North African country on condition that ‘the other parties respect the truce’, Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) said in a statement on Friday.
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Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in attacks by separatists in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Friday as fighting raged at the international airport in the big eastern city of Donetsk.
“Six of our servicemen have been killed as a result of combat activity and another 18 have been wounded in the past 24 hours,” military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists.
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Thursday, 15 January, 2015
Mr Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Sidee, the Governor of Lower Shabelle region in Southern Somalia, stated that the second phase of the Indian Ocean military operation against al-Shabaab may start soon.
Talking to the local media on Tuesday, Mr Sidee said that the time set by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud for al-Shabaab militants to surrender to the government forces was over.
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Unidentified gunmen killed a Somali soldier and injured another late Wednesday in an attack on a military base in the northeastern, semi-autonomous region of Puntland, local residents said Thursday.
According to the residents, a group of militants attacked a base of Puntland troops in Bosaso in the late hours of Wednesday, leaving one soldier dead and another wounded.
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