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Militants storm prison in Afghanistan in deadly overnight assault

Afghan forces say they have retaken Jalalabad prison after at least 29 people were killed in an hours-long battle following a Daesh-claimed attack on the facility.

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill scores of people in northern Cameroon

The suspected militants have thrown a grenade into a group of sleeping people inside the camp in the village of Nguetchewe.

'Bandits' kill 23 Nigerian troops in northwest - security sources

The gang opened fire on the soldiers who were on foot in a forested part of the Jibia district in Katsina state, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

At least 32 killed in attack on Mali village

Officials say the attacks were carried out by militants, who often say they are defending Fulani herders against rival Dogon farmers but no group has claimed responsibility.

Twelve soldiers killed in attack near Burkina border – Ivory Coast army

The deadliest attack since March 2016 follows a joint military operation launched by Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso last month to tackle the expanding threat from militants linked to al Qaeda and Daesh in the Sahel region.

Bomb in Afghan capital targeted TV bus, two dead – official

Mohammad Rafi Sediqi, an official with Khurshid, confirmed the deaths of two employees. He said the two wounded were in critical condition.

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.