Iraq war: ‘The media ended up being lapdogs, not watchdogs’ | Media
From: UpFront Twenty years on from the start of the Iraq war, we look at how the US and UK
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Saudi engineer released from Guantanamo prison camp after 21 yrs | September 11 News
Never charged with a crime, Ghassan Al Sharbi, 48, returns to Saudi Arabia after being held for 21 years at
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Mali court sentences man to death over UN peacekeeper deaths | Courts News
The peacekeeping mission has recorded 281 deaths of its soldiers since it became operational in Mali in 2013. A court
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France agrees to withdraw troops from Burkina Faso within a month | Armed Groups News
The move comes after the Sahel country’s military rulers demanded that Paris withdraw its forces. France will withdraw its troops
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Burkina Faso confirms it has ended French military accord | Al-Qaeda News
Burkina Faso’s government spokesman says the country wants to defend itself and France has one month to pull out troops.
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Burkina Faso demands departure of French troops: Report | Politics News
Military-ruled Burkina Faso suspends accord with France, orders troops to leave within a month, reports state media. Burkina Faso’s military
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Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al-Shabab fighters | Armed Groups News
Kenya has suffered attacks for a decade as retribution for joining the peacekeeping force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia. Kenyan security
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Seven soldiers killed in al-Shabab attack on Somali military base | Al-Qaeda News
Government forces and allied clan militias recaptured the base from al-Shabab in October. Fighters from the al-Shabab group stormed a
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Somalia claims capture of key port town from al-Shabab | Armed Groups News
The government and allied clan militias have forced the rebels from swathes of territory, in the latest offensive. Somalia’s government-led
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Burkina Faso: 50 women abducted by suspected rebels | Armed Groups News
Gunmen abducted some 50 women in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum on January 12 and 13, the government says.
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