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BIAFRA (NIGERIA)

A spate of gruesome killings, kidnappings and extortion rackets has left residents of south-eastern Nigeria living in fear. An armed group is fighting for the region's independence but the line between its campaign and criminality has become increasingly blurred.

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SUDAN

More than seven months after the start of Sudan's civil war, conditions for many in the capital, Khartoum, are worse than ever - but some of those who escaped from the city in the early days are also struggling to survive. An estimated 5,000 Sudanese people have already been killed in crossfire between these two warring branches of the military, while many more have been injured.

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UKRAINE

The conflict in Ukraine is about to enter its third calendar year. The front lines have hardly moved in the last few months but could the course of the war change in 2024?

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ETHIOPIA

The bloody two-year conflict between Ethiopia's government and forces in the region began in November 2020 and led to thousands of deaths.

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NABORNO-KARABAKH

Armenia and Azerbaijan say they will move towards normalising relations, and will exchange prisoners captured during recent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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SYRIA

Attacks by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, which once held large swathes of territory stretching from north-eastern Syria across western and northern Iraq, showed signs of a significant drop in 2023, according to data collected by BBC Monitoring.

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REGION OF SAHEL

Burkina Faso and Niger have followed Mali in announcing they are to withdraw from an international force known as the G5 that was set up to fight Islamists in the Sahel region. All three countries are run by military rulers following coups who have formed their own mutual defence pact.

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SOMALIA

Somalia has joined the East African Community (EAC) in a move intended to boost economic growth in the country following three decades of war. Somalia has been wracked by conflict since 1991 and many parts of the country are controlled by jihadist group al-Shabab.

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YEMEN

The warring sides in Yemen are swapping hundreds of prisoners - a move which has built hopes for a permanent ceasefire between the Saudi-backed government forces and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels..

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ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

An estimated 150,000 Palestinians are being forced to flee areas of central Gaza, the UN has said, as Israeli forces advance on refugee camps there. Israel's military recently expanded its ground offensive to target Bureij and nearby Nuseirat and Maghazi camps.

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MYANMAR

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed his deep concern over the escalating conflict in Myanmar. According to the UN, the number of people displaced by the fighting has reached two million, and the secretary-general appealed to all sides to protect non-combatants and open access for humanitarian aid.

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