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* Taher al-Gharabli, head of the military council of the western Libyan city of Sabratha, confirmed for the first time that the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] was using women in combat roles.<ref name="rt.com1">{{cite web|url=https://www.rt.com/news/333991-isis-women-arrested-combat/|title=ISIS using women in combat roles, 3 dead & 7 arrested – Libyan military leader|work=RT International}}</ref> According to him, at least seven women were arrested and three others were killed in the past week before February 29, 2016.<ref name="rt.com1"/>
* Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu became the Ghana Armed Forces' first female brigadier general.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.ayekoo.com/1.8751357|title=Ghana gets first female Brigadier General|author=Mensah Kent|work=news.ayekoo.com}}</ref>
* Trooper Sara Spokes joined the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers as the first female cavalry scout in the Australian armoured corps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/3795360/taking-the-road-less-travelled-trooper-sara-is-first-female-cavalry-scout/|title=Taking the ‘road less travelled’ - Trooper Sara is first female cavalry scout|author=Rebecca Belt|date=16 March 2016|work=The Northern Daily Leader}}</ref>
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