British jihadist Evans believed killed in Kenya army shooting

One Tanzanian army officer killed five injured in Tanga shooting
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DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- A soldier with the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) was killed and four others and one police officer injured on Saturday in a 15-minute exchange of fire with hardcore criminals in the east African nation's ...
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As Kenya signs a deal with the UK, allowing the British Army to continue training thousands of there every year, BBC News joins a training mission.

Algerian special forces have killed the leader of a militant group that beheaded a French tourist in September, a local television station reports.

Burundi's army chief of staff General Prime Niyongabo survives an assassination attempt on a busy road in the capital, Bujumbura.

British soldier eyes judo gold for Ghana

The Foreign Office confirms a British man has been killed in South Sudan and says it is providing consular assistance to his family.

A gunman killed a reporter and cameraman during a live television broadcast in rural Virginia on Wednesday, according to officials and colleagues at the station. In chilling footage that has been posted online, WDBJ7 correspondent Alison Parker is seen conducting an interview when shots and screams break out. The camera drops to the floor and the screams continue before the footage cuts away to a clearly confused and concerned anchor. The Franklin County Sheriff Department told NBC...

Nigeria's army killed some 600 people after a recent attack by Boko Haram militants on a barracks, Amnesty International says.

Burundi’s army said that 79 “enemies” and eight soldiers were killed during the bloodiest day in months of unrest Friday, which left the streets of the capital strewn with bodies, many bearing gunshot wounds.