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Pope Francis Adds Kenya, Scene of Attacks on Christians, to Africa Trip
Pope Francis will visit Kenya in November, the Vatican said on Thursday, a country where Christians have recently been targeted by Islamist militants.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
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Kuwait Detains 60 Suspected of Islamist Militant Links: Newspaper
Kuwait has detained 60 people and closed a local charity for alleged violations in raising funds for Syrians, local media said today, as part of a crackdown on suspected militant links after the Gulf Arab state's worst ever suicide bombing.
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Rebels Seize Hospital Holding 150 Syrian Soldiers: Monitor
Islamist rebels on Friday overran a hospital in northwest Syria where at least 150 regime forces and dozens of civilians were trapped for nearly a month, a monitor said.
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Suicide Bombers Strike Niger Town; Chadians Kill 13 Boko Haram Militants
Two female suicide bombers attacked the Niger frontier town of Diffa on Wednesday, security sources said, shortly after Chad's army said it had killed 13 fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Gambaru.
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UN Worried About Fate of 125,000 Nigerian Refugees in Nigeria
The UN food agency on Tuesday voiced concern for the 125,000 Nigerian refugees who have fled to southeast Nigeria, where Boko Haram militants have launched attacks in recent days.
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Iraqi Militants Seize Former Chemical Weapons Factory
Sunni radicals in Iraq, who have overrun a swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive, have taken control of one of Saddam Hussein's former chemical weapons factories, a US official said Thursday.
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Libyan Special Forces Commander Says his Forces Join Renegade General
The top commander of the Libyan army's special forces said on Monday his troops had joined forces with renegade general Khalifa Haftar, who has said he wants to purge the North African country of militant Islamists.
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Pope Francis Adds Kenya, Scene of Attacks on Christians, to Africa Trip
Pope Francis will visit Kenya in November, the Vatican said on Thursday, a country where Christians have recently been targeted by Islamist militants.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
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Kuwait Detains 60 Suspected of Islamist Militant Links: Newspaper
Kuwait has detained 60 people and closed a local charity for alleged violations in raising funds for Syrians, local media said today, as part of a crackdown on suspected militant links after the Gulf Arab state's worst ever suicide bombing.
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Rebels Seize Hospital Holding 150 Syrian Soldiers: Monitor
Islamist rebels on Friday overran a hospital in northwest Syria where at least 150 regime forces and dozens of civilians were trapped for nearly a month, a monitor said.
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Suicide Bombers Strike Niger Town; Chadians Kill 13 Boko Haram Militants
Two female suicide bombers attacked the Niger frontier town of Diffa on Wednesday, security sources said, shortly after Chad's army said it had killed 13 fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Gambaru.
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UN Worried About Fate of 125,000 Nigerian Refugees in Nigeria
The UN food agency on Tuesday voiced concern for the 125,000 Nigerian refugees who have fled to southeast Nigeria, where Boko Haram militants have launched attacks in recent days.
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Iraqi Militants Seize Former Chemical Weapons Factory
Sunni radicals in Iraq, who have overrun a swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive, have taken control of one of Saddam Hussein's former chemical weapons factories, a US official said Thursday.
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Libyan Special Forces Commander Says his Forces Join Renegade General
The top commander of the Libyan army's special forces said on Monday his troops had joined forces with renegade general Khalifa Haftar, who has said he wants to purge the North African country of militant Islamists.
