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Eritrea extends military conscription
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Eritrea's army has a history of protecting the country's independence from Ethiopia.
In Nigeria last year, 133 children were used to launch suicide attacks in north-east Nigeria. Two-thirds of them were girls.
A year on from his inauguration we take a look at the presidency of Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo in Somalia.
(Photo: Eritrean soldiers parading. Credits: PETER MARTELL/AFP/Getty Images)
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