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Burkina Faso Ends Operation Against Suspected Jihadists

Burkina Faso's security forces have ended their operation against suspected Islamic militants who opened fire on a restaurant in the country's capital, killing at least 18 people and wounding eight.

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Gunmen Attack UN Base in Mali; 7 Dead

The United Nations says gunmen have attacked a U.N. peacekeeping base in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu, killing seven people.

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Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies

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A woman purchasing cabbage from a farmer in a vegetable field in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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WFP Campaign “Fighting Famine” Warns About Severe Food Crisis In Four Countries

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a Fighting Famine” campaign in Spain to warn about the severe food crisis that puts 20 million people at risk of dying of hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and the Northeast of Nigeria. In...

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