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Islamic State
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In pictures: Islamist violence in Burkina Faso could displace 900,000 people
Last year more than half a million people fled violence by armed Islamist militants in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, and the figure is predicted to rocket to 900,000 as attacks continue.
Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money
The Scottish Government has handed nearly £15 million to arms firms with factories in Scotland who sell weaponry to Turkey.
In pictures: the devastated city of Mosul two years on
More than 300,000 people are unable to return to their homes in Mosul two years after the end of a military operation to retake Iraq's second largest city from Islamic State.