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Five dead in blast during Somalia Eid festivities - police

"The initial information we have received indicates the dead bodies of five people were collected from the scene of the blast and more than twenty others have been wounded," police officer Mohamed Muktar said.

Militant ambush kills at least 70 Nigerian soldiers

Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in Borno state, two military officers said without giving their names.

Militia 'sect' wreaks havoc in remote DR Congo region

Since the start of the month, around 50 people have been killed in the eastern province of Ituri, according to local sources as violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo intensifies.

Militants kill 36 civilians in Burkina Faso market attack

Armed militants attacked the village of Alamou, killing the people there before burning the structure to the ground, according to a government statement.

Al Shabab militants attack US-Kenya military base

Al Shabab said the attack at Camp Simba was part of its "Al Quds (Jerusalem) shall never be Judaized" campaign –– a term it first used during an attack on the upscale Dusit hotel complex in Nairobi in January last year that left 21 people dead.

Militia attack kills 20 in eastern DRC

Allied Democratic Forces, a militia originally from neighbouring Uganda, has killed more than 200 people since the army launched an offensive against the militia on October 30, according to a toll compiled by civil society groups.

Suspect denies stabbing five at New York rabbi's home

The attack happened at about 10:00 pm on Saturday, the seventh night of Hanukkah, with about 100 people gathered for a candle-lighting ceremony. Suspect Grafton Thomas denied the charges of five counts of attempted murder

Suspect in court after five stabbed at New York rabbi's home

Grafton Thomas, 37-year-old suspect, allegedly entered the rabbi's property in Monsey, Rockland County, during celebrations for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, knifing several people before fleeing.

YPG/PKK terror attack injures 14 civilians in northern Syria

The attackers used two motorcycles laced with remote-controlled explosives as they targetted civilians in the district centre of Jarabulus, Turkey's defence ministry said.

Militant attack kills 71 soldiers in Niger military camp

The attack was carried out by heavily-armed terrorists in the western Tillaberi region. "A substantial number of terrorists were neutralised," the defence ministry said. Niger extended a partial emergency in place since 2017 for another three months.

Japanese doctor among six killed in Afghan attack

The five others killed were all Afghan. The attack comes as humanitarian groups remain on high alert just days after an American aid worker for the UN was killed in a bombing in Kabul.

Protesters torch mayor's office in troubled DRC city Beni after massacre

Residents reacted in anger after suspected rebels killed eight people in an overnight raid. Dozens of civilians have been killed in massacres since the Congolese army launched an offensive against rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces