Egyptian troops killed at checkpoint

Five policemen are killed in Egypt in an armed attack on a checkpoint south of Cairo, the interior ministry says.

Two Egyptian army officers and five jihadist militants have been killed in a gunfight that erupted during a raid north of Cairo, officials say.

Egyptian security sources say at least seven soldiers have been killed after gunmen attacked military checkpoints in the Sinai peninsula.

Two Tanzanian peacekeepers with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been killed in an ambush near the city of Beni, the UN says.

Nine UN peacekeepers in Mali are killed in an ambush while on patrol in the north-east, the deadliest attack on the force so far, the UN says.

Community leaders in central Nigeria accuse government troops of killing civilians and burning villages following the deaths of six soldiers.

These are the first deaths confirmed by the president since he sent troops to Tripoli last month.

>Ugandan troops have been killed fighting alongside South Sudan’s army, President Yoweri Museveni has said, the first official confirmation that foreign forces have an active combat role in the war-ravaged young nation.

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