UN Calls Threat From Violent Extremists in Mali 'Alarming'

A new U.N. report says security threats from violent extremists and criminal groups in Mali are "alarming" and the government must deploy more troops to the volatile north and step up efforts to reform the country's military and police
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Clashes in Northeast Ivory Coast Kill 20, Displace 1,300

Ivory Coast: UN peacekeeping mission plans to double its troop presence in northeast after clashes this month between farmers and herders killed at least 20
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2 Suspects in Ivory Coast Beach Attack Arrested in Mali

Authorities in Mali say they have arrested two men in connection with an attack by Islamic extremists in Ivory Coast that left at least 19 people dead this month
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Pope at Easter Recalls Victims of 'Blind, Brutal Terrorism'

Pope Francis is tempering his Easter message of hope with dismay over 'blind, brutal terrorism.'
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Forgotten Victims of Terror

Before Brussels, a wave of terror attacks whipped through Turkey, the Ivory Coast, Yemen and elsewhere. But these events appeared to garner less international attention. We went there, and asked why.
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Cambodia's Zeal for Rubber Drives Ethnic Group From Land

For generations, the indigenous Bunong lived off the rich red soil of eastern Cambodia _ until bulldozers cleared land to make way for government-granted rubber plantations meant to bring wealth to the poor area
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Ivory Coast to Expand Rapid Response Forces After Attack

Ivory Coast's prime minister says the government will establish new centers for the rapid response forces to protect soft targets throughout the country from extremist attacks
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