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Burkina Faso's president declared three days of national mourning on Thursday after suspected extremists killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in an attack in the north of the country. The attack was the latest bloodbath in an area affected by violence. The attack on Wednesday near the town of Gorgadji also left 14 soldiers and three militia volunteers dead, the Ministry of Communications said. The soldiers and the militia had "guarded civilians heading towards Arbinda", another city in northern…

Extremists, government forces and a "private militia" supporting authority have indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians in Mozambique's troubled northeastern region, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. Violence perpetrated by armed Islamists in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado has left at least 2,600 people dead since 2017, about half of them civilians, according to a non-governmental organization called Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), Agence France- Press (AFP)…

Somali army kills extremists during clashes with al-Shabaab MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least seven militants have been killed and dozens wounded during army operations against Al-Shabaab in the Gedo region on Friday amid rising tensions in areas near the Kenyan border. In a speech to Garowe Online, the Somali army's operations commander in the province of Col Aden Abdi said the attack was launched…