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Philippines Soldiers Battle Isis-Linked Gunmen On Marawi City Streets

A group of heavily-armed militants from a group linked to Isis have reportedly stormed a city in the Philippines and...

Headlines

‘A Few Dozen’ US Troops Deployed To Somalia

The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified...

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Deadly Fighting Erupts In South Sudan’s Second City

Deadly fighting erupted, with civilians killed along ethnic lines and thousands displaced in clashes Monday between...

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New Somali Army Chief Escapes Deadly Car Bombing

Somalia's new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least five people in a bloody response by Shabaab...

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Somali President Declares New War On Shabaab, Offers Amnesty

Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday declared war against Shabaab extremists, offering amnesty...

International

Somali Leader Pleads For Help To Avert Famine

Somalia's president said on Thursday almost half his country's people are facing acute food shortages and about 15...

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Central Africa’s Transition To Peace Still Elusive

With a spike in militia killings, a deepening humanitarian crisis and the army still in shambles, the Central African...

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Five Things To Know

South Sudan, where the government on Monday declared famine in some parts of the country, is mired in an economic...

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France, US Pressure DR Congo Over Video Massacre

The United States and France called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate a video purporting to show...

Opinion

Is Gen. Taban Deng A Machiavellian Schemer Or Unheralded Prince Of Peace?

If anybody had told me then, or over any succeeding ten (10) years from the CPA interim period to 15th December crisis...