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DUBAI (Reuters) – A small plane crashed south of Dubai airport killing three Britons and one South African, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement on Thursday. The four-seat plane, a DA42 registered in the United Kingdom, was on a mission to calibrate terrestrial navigation systems at the airport, the statement said. An investigation is underway. Air traffic… Read More

NIAMEY (Reuters) – Islamic State’s West African branch on Thursday claimed responsibility for an ambush that killed 28 soldiers this week in Niger, as the militant groups seek to establish roots in the impoverished Sahel region. Tuesday’s ambush occurred near the town of Tongo Tongo, where fighters from an Islamic State affiliate killed four U.S. special forces and four Nigerien… Read More

NIAMEY (Reuters) – The death toll from an ambush on Nigerien troops near the Mali border has risen to 28, an army spokesman said on Thursday. The ambush occurred in a region where several jihadist groups are active, including an Islamic State affiliate. Reporting by Moussa Aksar; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Gareth Jones Read More

NIAMEY (Reuters) – At least 17 soldiers in Niger were killed and 11 went missing in an ambush near the Malian border, a government spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday. Abdourahamane Zakaria said the attack on Tuesday occurred near the town of Tongo Tongo, where fighters from an Islamic State affiliate killed four U.S. special forces and four Nigerien soldiers in… Read More

LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon has recovered 200 containers of protected hardwood out of a larger haul that was confiscated by the authorities earlier this year and then went missing, a senior prosecutor said late on Monday. The announcement followed a promise from Gabon’s president to punish those responsible for the theft in April of 353 containers of illegally felled kevazingo… Read More

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police and Rapid Support Forces used tear gas on Monday to disperse dozens of protesters in Khartoum North and removed barriers they had set up on a main street leading to the heart of the capital, a Reuters witness said. The dispersal came as stalled talks between the opposition and the ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC)… Read More

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania plans to introduce a new auctioning system for big game hunting blocks next month, in a move aimed at enhancing transparency and curbing corruption in that part of the tourism industry.     Allocation of hunting blocks by government officials to tourist companies has been dogged by allegations of impropriety and loss of revenues.… Read More

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State (IS) killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, the group claimed through its news agency AMAQ on Saturday. The Jihadist organisation said the attack on the soliders took place in the town in northeastern Borno state on Friday. It published pictures of burned barracks and dead bodies it claimed… Read More

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Gunmen killed six people in an attack on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, the mayor of Dablo town, where the attack took place, told Reuters. It was the second church attack in as many weeks in a country known historically for its religious tolerance, and comes as jihadist groups seek to destabilise Burkina… Read More

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State (IS) killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, the group claimed through its news agency AMAQ on Saturday. The Jihadist organisation said the attack on the soldiers took place in the town in northeastern Borno state on Friday. It published pictures of burned barracks and dead bodies it claimed… Read More