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Congo records 13 new cases of Ebola
Thirteen new cases of Ebola were confirmed on Wednesday in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo - one of the highest daily counts since the start of the outbreak in July, the health ministry said.
UN troops hurt in offensive against militia in east DR Congo
UN peacekeepers and Congolese troops have been wounded in an offensive against a militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations' mission to the country said on Thursday.
Two UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attacks
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73-year-old Ibrahim Keïta re-elected as Malian president
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Kremlin: Vladimir Putin to meet Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir before FIFA World Cup final
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Nigerian female peacekeeper gets UN medal
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Four UN troops killed in central Mali mine blast
Four UN peacekeepers were killed and four were wounded on Wednesday when a mine exploded under their vehicle in central Mali in a deliberate attack, the UN mission in the country said.
UN to investigate DR Congo attack on peacekeepers
The United Nations on Friday set up a special investigation of the attack that killed 15 UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2017 and wounded 43 others.
Over 60 peacekeepers died in 2017 – UN
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said more than 60 ‘blue helmets’ – also known as peacekeepers – were killed in hostile acts in 2017.
Ivorian ex-minister Hubert Oulaye convicted over attack that killed 18
A former Ivorian minister was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for complicity in a 2012 attack in western Ivory Coast that killed 18 people, including seven UN peacekeepers.
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