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COVID-19: 26 Nigerian Soldiers Contract Coronavirus
The Nigerian Army says 26 personnel have so far been tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of…
#LekkiShooting: CCTV Shows Soldiers Arrive Scene In Seven Trucks
The Nigerian Army deployed no fewer than seven military trucks to the Lekki Tollgate on the evening of…
Guinea’s Top Army Commander Killed Two Days Before Election
Armed men attacked a military base in western Guinea overnight, killing the camp’s commander, Col Mamady Condé, the…
Cameroon Jails Soldiers involved in 2018 Murder of Women and Children
Four Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to 10 years for their roles in the murder of two women…
Militia Kill Three Soldiers In Mali
Three Malian soldiers died in a militants’ attack on a military unit in the central part of the…
15 Die In Al-Shabaab, Somali Security Forces Clash
No fewer than 15 people died on Tuesday in a clash between al-Shabaab militants and Somali Security Forces.…
Soldiers allegedly beat Policeman to death in Rivers
Four soldiers have reportedly beaten a policeman, identified as Hosea Yakubu, to death in Rivers State. Yakubu, an…
Cameroon forces rescue 24 abducted school children held hostage by separatists
The children were kidnapped early Tuesday from their school in the southwestern city of Kumba and "taken to the forest where the camp of the separatists is located," an official said.
Niger death toll rises to 89 after attack on army base
Defence Minister Issoufou Katambe on Sunday said that an updated death toll of soldiers would be announced this week after the initial announcement of 25.