Militant Attacks Continue as AU Discusses Security
French soldiers on patrol in troubled northern Mali were targeted in a bombing while five civilians were killed in Somalia as African Union summit discusses security around the continent.
Security in Mogadishu
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The Somali National Army Radio has reported the death of the supreme leader of the Al-Shabaab, Ahmed Dirie Abu Ubeyda, due to illness but the militants have rubbished the report. Read more »
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Mali:
French Soldiers Killed in Attack
DW, 1 July 2018
French soldiers on patrol in troubled northern Mali were targeted in a bombing on Sunday, the third attack in the country in as many days. The attack claimed two French soldiers… Read more »
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U.S. military and counterintelligence officials say although though Al-Shaabab has been flexing its military might, there is no indication of any "increased capability" of the ... Read more »