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Tuesday, 26 April, 2016

Burma-Myanmar: Shelling forces 314 Arakan State villagers to flee their homes

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A total of 314 villagers have taken refuge in Si Taung Village (also known as Taung Maw Village) in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State after Burma Army artillery shells fell on their villages.

The refugees are Arakan, Khami, Daingnet, and Chin people from the villages of Nat Ai, Kyaw Lann Chaung, and A Bu.

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Azerbaijan: 2 Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers killed by Azeri gunfire

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Two soldiers from the Armenian-backed Nagorno-Karabakh were killed by gunfire from Azerbaijan in the early hours of Tuesday, the defence ministry of the breakaway region said.

There was no immediate response from Azerbaijani authorities.

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Monday, 25 April, 2016

Colombia: Clashes between ELN rebels, neo-paramilitary rivals Los Urabenos and army displace 3,000 people in west Colombia

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More than 3,000 people have been displaced in western Colombia amid fighting between left-wing ELN rebels, their neo-paramilitary rivals “Los Urabeños” and the army, according to authorities.

The Ombudsman’s Office and the United Nations reported that the people mainly of indigenous and of African descent were forced to leave their homes in the Choco province following the recent outbreak of hostilities between the two rival groups.

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Egypt: Army kills 30 militants in North Sinai air raids

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The Egyptian Armed Forces killed 30 militants on Monday in air raids in the country’s restive North Sinai province, the military spokesman said in a statement.

The raids coincide with the military celebration of the 34th anniversary of Sinai Liberation Day marking the withdrawal of the Israeli troops from Taba, the last occupied part of the Sinai Peninsula.

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Yemen: Saudi coalition says 800 al-Qaeda fighters killed in their stronghold of Mukalla

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More than 800 al-Qaeda fighters have been killed in an assault by the Yemeni government and Arab allies on the group’s main stronghold of Mukalla, according to the Saudi-led coalition.

The coalition said in a statement, carried by the official Saudi news agency SPA late on Sunday, that many al-Qaeda members had fled the city, the provincial capital of Hadramout, which they had held for a year.

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Sunday, 24 April, 2016

Iraq: Clashes erupt between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Shiite fighters in Tuz Khormato town

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Heavy clashes erupted Sunday between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Shiite paramilitary troops inside a contested town north of Baghdad, a spokesman said.

A quarrel between two neighbors, a Kurd and a Shiite Turkoman, evolved into a military confrontation between the peshmerga forces and Shiite fighters who share the town of Tuz Khormato, said Karim al-Nouri, the spokesman for Iraq’s paramilitary forces — which are made up mainly of Shiite militias.

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Saturday, 23 April, 2016

Kenya: Kenyan military jets bomb 2 al-Shabaab training camps in Somalia

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Two major Al-Shabaab training camps in Southern Somalia have been bombed by Kenyan jet fighters during an impromptu airstrike on Friday night, residents said.

A senior army commander in Kismayo, who asked to remain anonymous said the Kenyan military warplanes struck Al shabaab controlled Behani and Abdalla Birole areas, some 40Km south of Kismayo city.

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