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[Vanguard] Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, has criticised content creator and comedian Nasboi over a video shared on social media, accusing him of spreading…
June 2, 2026
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[Vanguard] ABUJA--Following the abduction of former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar, and his wife in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State on Saturday by suspected terrorists,…
June 2, 2026
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[DW] Junta leader Ibrahim Traore's call for Burkina Faso to "forget" democracy signaled a political shift across the continent.
June 2, 2026
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[Namibian] Two members of the Namibian Defence Force were found dead in suspected suicides on Thursday and Friday night at military bases at Otjiwarongo and Otavi in the Otjozondjupa region.
June 2, 2026
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[Dabanga] El Marra / Umm Saadoun El Sharif / El Rada / Abu Z -- The death toll from a paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attack on villages west of…
June 2, 2026
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Anti-riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters in Nanyuki on Monday as demonstrations against a proposed Ebola quarantine and isolation facility at Laikipia Airbase turned chaotic,…
June 1, 2026
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[The Point] President Adama Barrow has appointed Major General Ousman Gomez as Acting Chief of Defence Staff of The Gambia Armed Forces, effective immediately, following the resignation of Lieutenant General…
June 1, 2026
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[Shabelle] Baidoa, Somalia -- Somalia's Minister of Livestock, Forestry and Range, Hassan Hussein Mohamed (Eelay), accompanied by Deputy Commander of the Somali National Army Ground Forces Gen. Irro and other…
June 1, 2026
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Arms and Military Affairs
[New Times] A senior member of the FDLR militia identified as Mutayomba was severely wounded during recent fighting with AFC/M23 rebels in Masisi Territory in eastern DR Congo, reports said…
June 1, 2026
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Arms and Military Affairs
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed reports that it has deployed soldiers in anticipation of protest action at the end of June.
June 1, 2026
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[Nile Post] Uganda Contingent Administration Officer serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Colonel Hamza Kasajja, has urged female Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers…
June 1, 2026
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[Shabelle] Middle Shabelle, Somalia -- Somali National Army forces carried out planned operations targeting militants in parts of the Middle Shabelle region, the military said.
June 1, 2026
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