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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Sources in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan (see map), which borders neighbouring Tajikistan, report that Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan conducted a large-scale operation in the area which resulted in liberation the Manjan district, writes UmmaNews.

Scores of police and militants from theb Karzai’s puppet gang “Arbak” were eliminated during the offensive. The puppet district ringleader, so-called “governor” of Manjan, fled in an unknown direction. Mujahideen managed to capture at least 30 puppets.

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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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Despite progress in its transition to democracy, Myanmar has struggled to end all the ethnic insurgencies that have long divided the country.

Now the Kachin — the last of the insurgent groups that have been fighting the government — have that could end the conflict.

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Nearly 50 fighters have been killed in three days of clashes between jihadists and mainstream rebels in Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.

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Rebel groups in Syria are accused of killing as many as 190 civilians and taking 200 hostages during an offensive in August, Human Rights Watch claims.

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigation claims there were executions and indiscriminate shootings in the Latakia countryside, and that hostages are still being held by the Islamic state of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) and Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar.

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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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