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Facing threat, Togo forces simulate 'jihadist' attack
Facing threat, Togo forces simulate 'jihadist' attack
by  AFP

Togo's security forces on Thursday carried out a simulated jihadist attack in the capital Lome, training to counter a hostage-taking as the country faces increasing threats. Togo's Security Minister General Damehame Yark said the exercise was part of "measures so that we can face this threat" in the region.

Violent clashes in Guinea anti-junta protest
Violent clashes in Guinea anti-junta protest
by  AFP

Young protesters clashed on Thursday with security forces in the Guinean capital Conakry after a banned group called for demonstrations against the country's ruling junta, an AFP reporter saw. The coalition had called for peaceful demonstrations to take place in Conakry on Thursday, followed by nationwide protests on October 26.

Russia's 'no risk' Ukraine strategy: pummeling the power grid
Russia's 'no risk' Ukraine strategy: pummeling the power grid
by  AFP

After a series of humiliating battlefield defeats in Ukraine, Moscow is trying out a new tactic it hopes will swing the tide of the war: bombarding power stations just as winter sets in. Maybe we will only hate them more," Olga, who declined to give her last name, told AFP. Russia's pivot to systematically attacking Ukraine power stations comes after a series of defeats in Ukraine.

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