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In early October, the junta sent two columns out of Indaw, one toward Wuntho and one toward Htigyaing. Together they numbered an estimated 300–500 troops at the start.
Reports state they suffered hundreds of casualties, including killed and defected troops, and say both columns are surrounded and unable to advance.
The Wuntho-bound column has also reportedly abandoned its original objective and is now trying to link up with the second column.
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Myanmar 🇲🇲: the Chin resistance group CDF-Hakha reports that a junta warplanes bombed a POW camp holding junta prisoners.
At least 10 imprisoned junta soldiers were killed in the airstrike by their own side.
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There are bars in Rwanda that only serve milk, and tourists are visiting the country just to try them.
Al Jazeera’s @MarahRayan finds out what’s behind this unusual drinking culture.
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#RDC: HappeningNow ‼️🚨🛑| Les États-Unis ont imposé mercredi des sanctions au ministère rwandais de la Défense dans le cadre de nouvelles sanctions liées à la République démocratique du Congo, selon le site internet du département du Trésor.
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SAF air strikes kill 102 unarmed civilians in Nyala, with a 113 more wounded during the attack.
Bombs have reportedly hit residential areas across the city, including the Tongonaj Market.
The attack comes as part of a broad aerial campaign in Sudan with the SAF continuing to target civilian areas despite calls for de-escalation and peace.
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Gold smuggling funds Islamic State-linked insurgency in eastern Congo, report says
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#عاجل | مراسل الجزيرة:
- مجلس الأمة الجزائري يصوت بالإجماع على قرار إرسال وحدات من الجيش إلى النيجر
- وحدات الجيش الجزائري المقرر إرسالها إلى النيجر ستعمل على حماية منشآت نفطية فيها
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The #GSF confirms that it has received, through a third-party humanitarian organization, remains suspected of being those of the four personnel from the Salvadoran contingent currently missing.
At this stage, the GSF is not in a position to confirm that the remains are those of the missing personnel.
The GSF stands firm and determined and will communicate further information through its official channels once verified information becomes available.
Full statement:
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Three charter flights from Washington, DC to Haiti today — two already in the air. Another three flights from El Salvador — including one that is likely a US Air Force plane. Yesterday, @Jacquiecharles confirmed Salvadoran special forces had begun arriving, and more were on the way.
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What does this mean for the people there? I asked camp leaders in Gozalaslam camp whether the aid cuts since last year had killed people. They nodded vigorously and said “ktir, ktir” (many, many).
Children starved, women with labor complications were unable to get basic care.
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It seems that around Menaka, Tuaregs loyal to Mali regime somehow poked the Islamic State to the extent the backlash is brutal and Bamako conducted multiple airstrikes in defense. Jihadists' retaliation was massive, but casualties need to be confirmed.
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One of the biggest massacres in recent years may have occured these past two days, with Islamic State going as far as briefly invading Menaka city to try and annihilate people connected to MSA Tuareg leadership. Estimates 150-200 dead of just civilians. Grim is an understatement.
It seems that around Menaka, Tuaregs loyal to Mali regime somehow poked the Islamic State to the extent the backlash is brutal and Bamako conducted multiple airstrikes in defense. Jihadists' retaliation was massive, but casualties need to be confirmed.
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BREAKING NEWS: Five Salvadoran soldiers deployed to Haiti's Gang Suppression Force were ambushed today and are still missing. GIFT LINK: nytimes.com/2026/10/18/world…
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Five years ago, Pascal Kambale and I explained in this piece how the Kabila-Tshisekedi coalition fell apart. The current conflict is rooted in that discord.
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NEW | Ethiopian federal forces have captured all major cities in Tigray and are advancing toward towns near the Eritrean border along several axes, with TPLF and alleged Eritrean forces retreating into Eritrea.
Separately, isolated and unverified reports claimed that the Ethiopian military has launched a military buildup in Afar region along the A1 highway to Assab.
Read the full details and more in today's Ethiopia War Security Review: criticalthreats.org/briefs/e…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that African mineral resources "belong to Africa," offering Beijing's support for the industry and warning against "geopolitical rivalries" that could harm it. chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/10…
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Regarding Tim Kennedy, it’s very weird that people are still talking about “Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents” as if it’s just some insurgency supplied by Kigali. It’s not. This is a conventional interstate war involving three state militaries and ~100k auxiliary militia combatants.
JUST IN: Forces tied to Erik Prince’s Vectus Global were ambushed in South Kivu in Congo on September 17 while moving between locations, Reuters reported today.
About 20 people were killed or wounded, including at least seven Congolese and a former New Zealand SAS operator. Former UFC fighter and Green Beret Tim Kennedy was also wounded.
Sources said the attack’s sophistication points to Rwandan forces backing M23 (March 23 Movement), the main rebel group fighting the Congolese army. One government source said those forces may have tracked a Vectus surveillance drone to the team.
Vectus, which also works in Haiti, had been hired to help secure mineral revenue and earlier supported Congolese troops around Uvira.
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Eritrean troops have suffered “heavy losses” and are retreating toward their border, a spokesperson for an Ethiopian pro-government militia tells AFP.
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Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new coalition to replace the AFC-M23 alliance fighting government forces in eastern Congo, taking a more direct role in an insurgency he had previously stopped short of openly backing. reuters.com/world/congos-for…
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