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    <text>Militants attack four villages in the town of Markoye, Burkina Faso, opening fire in the streets and killing 11 civilians, 15 soldiers and four members of a government-backed civilian militia. Ten of the perpetrators are killed during a shootout after the attack. </text>
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      <text>At least 132 people are killed by Islamic extremists in Solhan, Yagha, northeastern Burkina Faso. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history. Hours before the massacre, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack in Tadaryat. </text>
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      <text>At least 132 people are killed by Islamic extremists in Solhan village, in Yagha, northeastern Burkina Faso. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history. Hours before the massacre, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack at the village of Tadaryat. </text>
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      <text>At least 100 people are killed by Islamic extremists in Solhan village, in Yagha, northeastern Burkina Faso. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history. Hours before the massacre, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack at the village of Tadaryat. </text>
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      <text>At least 100 people are killed as armed Islamic extremists storm the Solhan village, in northern Burkina Faso. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history. Hours before the massacre, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in another attack at the village of Tadaryat. </text>
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    <text>At least 160 people are killed by Islamic extremists in Solhan, Yagha, northeastern Burkina Faso. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history. Hours before the massacre, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack in Tadaryat. </text>
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      <text>At least four soldiers are killed by an ambush in the Sanmatenga Province of Burkina Faso. </text>
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    <text>At least four soldiers are killed in an ambush in the Sanmatenga Province of Burkina Faso. </text>
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      <text>The Sri Lankan government bans eleven Islamic organizations, including ISIL and al-Qaeda, a week before the second anniversary of the bombings after the country's Roman Catholics threatened massive protests over the government's perceived failure to act against the perpetrators. </text>
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      <text>The Sri Lankan government bans 11 Islamic organizations, including ISIL and al-Qaeda, a week before the second anniversary of the bombings after the country's Roman Catholics threatened massive protests over the government's perceived failure to act against the perpetrators. </text>
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    <text>The government bans eleven Islamic organizations, including ISIL and al-Qaeda, a week before the second anniversary of the bombings after the country's Roman Catholics threatened massive protests over the government's perceived failure to act against the perpetrators. </text>
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      <text>At least 180 bodies have been found in mass graves in Djibo, Burkina Faso, where soldiers are fighting jihadists. Is suspected that the government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions. </text>
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    <text>At least 180 bodies have been found in mass graves in Djibo, Burkina Faso, where soldiers are fighting jihadists. It is suspected that the government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions. </text>
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    <text>The UN Security Council demands &quot;immediate cessation of hostilities&quot; in conflict zones around the world, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These &quot;durable humanitarian pauses&quot;, which do not apply to military operations against ISIL and Al-Qaeda, should begin immediately and be for at least 90 consecutive days to allow for delivery of humanitarian assistance and medical evacuations. This is the first resolution related to the COVID-19 pandemic that the council has passed. </text>
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    <text>Thirty-seven people are dead and 60 others are injured after gunmen attack a Canadian gold mining company convoy on a road in Burkina Faso. </text>
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    <text>The Obama Administration and Bush Administration had failed to publicly disclose up to thousands of lethal airstrikes the U.S. made in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria against ISIL, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban via U.S. Army helicopters and drones. </text>
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    <text>Yemen's top salafist cleric, Samahan Abdel-Aziz, is found dead, with signs of torture, in Sheikh Othman, Aden Governorate, after being abducted by gunmen outside his mosque after delivering a sermon against Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. </text>
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    <text>The Russian Government says Russian jets bombed Syria for the third consecutive day, hitting 12 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that ISIL has no presence in the western and northern areas struck though Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate al-Nusra Front does. Russian planes also bombed Raqqah, the unofficial capital of ISIL. </text>
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  <subtext>Dozens of people were killed in a clash between Islamist militants and government forces in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday as violence spirals anew in West Africa's Sahel region.</subtext>
  <text>Clashes between the armed forces of Burkina Faso and militants linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL leave dozens dead. In an attack in the northern town of Arbinda, militants killed 30 civilians, 14 soldiers and three pro-government militiamen. </text>
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