5,996,321 |
5.48333 |
7.03041 |
Nigeria |
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Pensioners protest non-payment of arrears by the state government. |
5,995,112 |
32.79803 |
22.56306 |
Libya |
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LNA aircraft bombed the Wadi Al-Naqa district some ten kilometres west of the cenre of Derna but caused no casualties. |
5,995,116 |
32.76704 |
22.63669 |
Libya |
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Seven soldiers from the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been killed in fighting east of Derna over three days (from 4-6 June) between the LNA and mujahideen forces belonging to theDerna Revolutionaries Shoura Council (DRSC). |
5,995,121 |
31.20988 |
16.54774 |
Libya |
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On the Sirte coastal road western front, the Operations Room reports that fighting continued on 8 June at the Zafran roundabout involving ground forces, the airforce and the navy which has involved the heavy bombardment of IS positions. 6 deaths and 30 wounded were reported by Misrata hospital. |
5,995,126 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
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Libya's unity government said its forces on 8 June captured two military barracks from Islamic State fighters near Sirte. Military forces took full control of Tagreft barracks, and military engineers inspected the zone to clear anti-personnel mines. The Al-Jalet barracks was also seized as well as a bridge and an intersection that leads to the western entrance to the city of Sirte, in operations backed by seven strikes by the Libyan air force. The GNA forces said one of the airraidsdestroyed a booby-trapped truck before it reached their lines. |
5,995,130 |
32.76704 |
22.63669 |
Libya |
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A warplane belonging to forces loyal to Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Army Khalifa Haftar hit a residential area in the eastern city of Derna, killing three children and injuring several others, a local political activist told Al-Jazeera on 9 June. |
5,995,133 |
32.76704 |
22.63669 |
Libya |
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People carried the coffins of civilians killed in an airstrike and protested in a march against the airstrike and regular aerial bombardments which Derna has experienced since Islamic State (IS) pulled out of its stronghold on the outskirts of the city in April |
5,995,137 |
31.05 |
17.28333 |
Libya |
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Harawa, 75 kilometres east of Sirte has been taken from forces of the so-called Islamic State (IS) and the road to Sirte is also now in anti-IS hands. Although the Bunyan Marsous operations room claimed its forces had taken Harawa, it was also reported that forces under the second operations room, set up at the beginning of the month and including Petroleum Facilities Guard, had taken control. |
5,995,142 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
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Warplanes ofLibya'sunity government on 9 June bombed Islamic State group positions in Sirte as part of an offensive to retake the stronghold. The strikes targeted the area around a conference centre where IS had set up a command post. Armed forces also entered Sirte where they continued to clash with Daesh fighters. Earlier in the day, forces seized residential areas on the coast of Sirte after heavy fighting which left 14 of them dead and 95 others injured. |
5,995,148 |
32.81333 |
13.26972 |
Libya |
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The bodies of 12 former Qaddafi soldiersreleased from jailwere found in various areas of Tripoli. They had been shot in the head and the bodies showed signs of torture. 6 were found in Wadi Rabie near Ain Zara, 3 that had been thrown from a moving vehicle near the morgue at Tripoli Central Hospital, and 3 thrown in the same manner near the morgue at Tripoli Medical Centre. It has been suggested that they were killed while still in prison. |