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Former Nigerian militants get contracts to combat oil theft

Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC announced it has hired a firm owned by former militant Tompolo, whose movement’s attacks on facilities in the early 2000s crippled oil production, to protect installations and tackle rampant theft. It was one of five security contracts awarded as theft and pipeline sabotage have cut Nigeria’s oil exports by nearly […]

Scores killed in Mali and Burkina Faso in attacks blamed on jihadists

At least 17 soldiers and four civilians, including local elected officials, were killed Sunday (7 August) in Mali and 15 soldiers in Burkina Faso on Tuesday (9 August), the latest in a series of such attacks as both countries battle a jihadi insurgency. The Sunday attack in the town of Tessit in the three-border zone […]

M23 captures new DRC town on border with Uganda

M23 rebels have entered the town of Kamandi Gîte near the border with Uganda, in yet a new set back for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forced displacement were observed in the wake of the town’s fall to the hands of the rebels, according to local media. The DRC has accused Rwanda of backing […]