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Spreading famine puts more of Sudan at risk
Africa • 9:22 PM
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At least 40 civilians have been killed in El-Obeid after Sudan’s paramilitary RSF attacked the North Kordofan capital, according to local media. The assault comes as the two-year war intensifies, with Kordofan and Darfur now the conflict's epicentre. Las
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Nigeria facing 'multiplicity of security challenges': Communal clashes, separatists, insurgencies
Africa • 6:45 PM
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The Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. Trump said on social media that he had asked t
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Sudan funeral attack kills at least 40 as fighting speads into Kordofan region
Africa • 4:48 PM
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An attack on a funeral gathering in North Kordofan's capital El-Obeid killed at least 40 civilians and injured dozens more, the UN said Wednesday, as the two-year war pitting Sudan's army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies.
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Sudanese army views war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a 'battle to the end'
Africa • 2:05 PM
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Sudan's defence minister warned that the army would press on with its fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after the country's security and defence council met to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire. For in-depth analysis and a deeper pe
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Displaced Sudanese testify of spiralling violence in El-Fasher
Africa • 1:53 PM
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Tens of thousands of people have fled the Sudanese city of El-Fasher after it was seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Their arrival in camps was followed of reports of mass killings, sexual violence, attacks on aid workers, looting and abduc
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Tuesday, november 4, 2025
HRW fears over 1,000 people killed in Tanzania post-election crackdown
Africa • 10:15 PM
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In Tanzania, authorities face mounting concern over killings during the crackdown on protests following last week's election. The opposition claims that security forces are now secretly dumping bodies. Also, the US says it's "very engaged" in Sudan cease
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How Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan went from reform to repression
Africa • 4:54 PM
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Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania’s president on Monday after winning an election in which her main rivals had been prevented from running. Once seen as a new democratic hope after first rising to the presidency in 2021, Hassan now stands accu
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Jihadists' fuel blockade squeezes Mali's military rulers
Africa • 4:02 PM
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Mali's military rulers have been grappling with a weeks-long blockade on fuel imports imposed by al-Qaeda-linked militants. The blockade has plunged the landlocked West African nation into power shortages and deepened the strain on its ruling junta.
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Nigeria denies claims of Christian genocide amid Trump's threats
Africa • 11:48 AM
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President Trump has expressed fierce concern over attacks on Christians in Nigeria, warning that the situation could lead to U.S. military intervention. Nigerian authorities, however, deny any targeted genocide and emphasise that violence affects multipl
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Senegalese beach wrestling set for Olympic debut in 2026
Africa • 11:01 AM
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Wrestling in Senegal is more than a sport — it’s a national treasure, a symbol of pride and passion. Now, the beach version of this beloved tradition will make its Olympic debut at the 2026 Games in Dakar, igniting excitement and ambition among the count
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Tanzania partially lifts curfew, internet blackout after deadly election violence
Africa • 10:06 AM
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Tanzania partially lifted restrictions including a curfew and an internet blackout on Tuesday after deadly violence broke out following the country's presidential elections.
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Mali: Jihadists' fuel blockade paralyse Bamako
Africa • 10:06 AM
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An al-Qaeda-linked group, JNIM, has blockaded fuel supplies in Mali’s capital for two months, crippling Bamako and pressuring the military government. Though the militants are active near the city, analysts say they currently lack the intent or capabilit
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Monday, november 3, 2025
Trump threatens Nigeria with US military action amid claims of Christian persecution
Africa • 10:38 PM
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Nigerians across the religious spectrum hit back at US President Donald Trump's threats of US strikes in the country over the killing of Christians. Experts claim the ongoing violence is based on poor management and policing, with all groups affected. Al
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Violence in Sudan's El-Fasher could be war crimes, International Criminal Court says
Africa • 10:04 PM
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The International Criminal Court warned on Monday that atrocities committed in Sudan's El-Fasher could amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes, as the UN said that thousands had fled a neighbouring region where paramilitaries have turned their f
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Atrocities in Sudan's el-Fasher could constitute war crimes, ICC says
Africa • 4:48 PM
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International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors said Monday that atrocities committed by the paramilitary forces fighting Sudanese army troops in Sudan’s Darfur region “may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity”. US officials said they were wo
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Mali: UAE hostages freed amid JNIM threat to Bamako
Africa • 4:23 PM
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Bamako may not be under the control of Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin (JNIM), yet, the threat looms if the group forms alliances that could push for Islamic governance. Roads remain blocked and jihadist forces continue to pressure the junta. Recent
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Sudan: Refugees flee mass killings as RSF seizes El-Fasher
Africa • 4:20 PM
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The Rapid Support Forces captured El-Fasher after an 18-month siege, with survivors reporting mass killings, sexual assaults, and widespread violence. Thousands have fled, tens of thousands may remain trapped, and the ICC warns the attacks could constitu
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Tanzania's Hassan sworn in for new term as opposition says hundreds killed in election protests
Africa • 10:08 AM
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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated for a new term on Monday as opponents said hundreds of people died in the violent protests following her election victory. Hassan won the presidency with 98 percent of the vote after her two main c
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Trump threatens military action in Nigeria over alleged Christian killings
Africa • 12:19 AM
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US President Donald #Trump threatened military action in Nigeria over alleged #Christian killings. In the days before he had also claimed Christianity was under threat there, echoing US Republican Senator Ted Cruz; who blamed the country for "mass murder
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Sunday, november 2, 2025
Trump threatens to send US military into Nigeria, alleging mass killing of Christians
Africa • 3:13 PM
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened Nigeria with a possible military attack after accusing the country of allowing the killing of Christians by Islamists. Trump alleged on social media on Friday that “Radical Islamists" in Nigeria were respo
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Grand Egyptian Museum: challenges for world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization
Africa • 2:10 PM
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Egypt was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday, the world’s largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization. World leaders, including monarchs, heads of states and governments, were to attend the grand opening ceremo
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Kenya’s Rift Valley: Landslides leave 21 dead, 30 others missing
Africa • 9:51 AM
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Heavy rainfall has caused landslides in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, leaving at least 21 people dead and destroying over 1,000 homes, officials reported. In a statement posted on X on Saturday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said th
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Trump threatens Nigeria with military action, escalating claims of Christian persecution
Africa • 7:12 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his threat of a possible military attack against Nigeria after accusing the country of allowing the killing of Christians by Islamists. Trump alleged on social media on Saturday that “Radical Islamists" in Nig
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New horrors emerge after Sudan's RSF paramilitary takes over el-Fasher
Africa • 12:52 AM
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Tens of thousands of people are still trapped in Sudan's El-Fasher five days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city. Fleeing survivors said on Saturday that paramilitary fighters separated families and killed children in front
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Saturday, november 1, 2025
Tanzania's President Hassan wins contested election after crackdown on opposition
Africa • 9:00 PM
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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced Saturday. Her two main opponents had both been prevented from running, leaving her virtually unopposed.
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The Grand Egyptian Museum opens in lavish, pharaonic ceremony
Africa • 8:10 PM
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Egypt at last opened the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday as performers dressed in white tunics embroidered with designs inspired by ancient frescoes, greeted guests. Dozens of performers dressed in elaborate Pharaonic costumes, their forehe
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Survivors of Sudan's El-Fasher say RSF is separating families and killing children
Africa • 6:44 PM
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Tens of thousands of people are still trapped in Sudan's El-Fasher five days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city. Fleeing survivors said on Saturday that paramilitary fighters separated families and killed children in front
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Inaugurated in Cairo tonight
Africa • 4:39 PM
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Cairo's Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will officially be inaugurated this Saturday, November 1 in what is a historic moment for the country. A grand inauguration ceremony will be held this Saturday from 6pm, with around 80 official international delegatio
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Sudan's RSF captures El-Fasher, sparking fears of mass killings
Africa • 2:25 PM
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Doctors Without Borders on Saturday said it feared an ongoing potentially fatal situation for "large numbers of people" in Sudan's El-Fasher, which has been captured by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Thousands of people have fled from El-Fasher,
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Tanzania President Hassan wins disputed election amid deadly protests
Africa • 6:56 AM
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday. The opposition Chadema party, barred from taking part in the poll, said that hundreds of people have been killed by security forces since protests
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Friday, october 31, 2025
UN Security Council backs Moroccan plan for disputed Western Sahara
Africa • 9:45 PM
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The UN Security Council approved a US-backed resolution on Friday supporting Morocco's continued control of the disputed Western Sahara, saying that "genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty" could well be the most "feasible" option for the mineral-ri
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Sudan: What photos and videos can tell us about the El-Fasher massacres
Africa • 9:26 PM
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After an 18-month siege, the Sudanese city of El-Fasher fell on Monday, October 27. It was the last major city in Darfur that was not under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group run by General Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo. S
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UN is needed in Sudan 'to monitor violations' after abuses allegedly from RSF
Africa • 4:59 PM
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As concerns over a humanitarian crisis in Darfur are growing, the RSF paramilitary announced it had arrested fighters accused of abuses in El-Fasher. 'We need UN presence on ground to monitor these violations and the need to ensure protection of civilian
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Tanzania rocked with post-election violence
Africa • 4:34 PM
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As post-election violence grips Tanzania, the United Nations is urging the government to refrain from using disproportionate force against protestors. This follows remarks made by Tanzania's army chief - labelling the protestors 'criminals'. According t
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Sudan's RSF says it arrested fighters accused of El-Fasher abuses
Africa • 2:06 PM
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they had arrested several of their fighters accused of committing abuses during the capture of the city of El-Fasher. Although the goal is to show that the RSF follows the rules of war, it's probable those a
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El-Fasher's healthcare system is "collapsing" as fears of a humanitarian crisis grow
Africa • 1:56 PM
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According to the UN, hundreds have been killed in a Darfur hospital by the RSF paramilitary. As thousands of others are fleeing, concerns of a humanitarian crisis in the region are growing. El-Fasher is experiencing "a collapse of the whole healthcare sy
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Humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan after RSF take over el-Fasher
Africa • 10:14 AM
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Fears that the Sudan region of Darfur is plunging into genocidal violence are reviving. U.N officials have warned of a rampage after the RSF took hold of the city of el-Fasher, reportedly killing more than 450 people in a hospital and carrying out ethnic
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At least 700 dead in Tanzania's post-election protests, opposition says
Africa • 12:53 AM
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Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in Tanzania after taking to the streets to protest this week’s presidential election, which saw the increasingly authoritarian incumbent, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, run unopposed for another term after h
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Thursday, october 30, 2025
UN Security Council condemns 'atrocities' in Sudan's El-Fasher as RSF advances
Africa • 9:19 PM
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Sudanese fleeing the RSF paramilitary's takeover of the city of El-Fasher on Sunday continue to bring accounts of mass atrocities with them. Hundreds were killed in the fighters' wresting of the north Darfuri capital from the army, with many of the abuse
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Sudanese missing in El-Fasher after paramilitary takeover are in ‘grave danger’, aid groups warn
Africa • 6:00 PM
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International aid groups on Thursday warned that the trickle of people arriving at a refugee camp in Sudan from El-Fasher after it was seized by a paramilitary group is a sign of the extensive atrocities committed in the major Darfur city and the difficu
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Sudanese refugees recount RSF violence in El-Fasher
Africa • 5:06 PM
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#Refugees who fled #Sudan’s #El-Fasher recount brutal #RSF attacks, hunger and #shelling that killed their families. Aid groups call it war crimes, with around 2,000 people feared dead as the scale of atrocities committed when the RSF seized the city com
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RSF killed hundreds at Darfur hospital, aid workers say, as thousands others flee
Africa • 4:04 PM
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More than 36,000 civilians have fled el-Fasher since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured the army's last stronghold in the Darfur region. The UN and other NGOs have been warning about possible mass killings and ethnic cleansing, after hundreds
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Inside the mega farms growing cheap Moroccan tomatoes
Africa • 1:28 PM
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French tomato producers are seeing red, angry at what they believe is unfair competition from Morocco. In one of the most arid parts of the North African country, thousands of workers pick tomatoes that will eventually be sold to French supermarkets for
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Tanzania under curfew, Internet blackout after tense elections turn violent
Africa • 6:53 AM
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An Internet blackout imposed after protests erupted on Tanzania's election day Wednesday was still in place across the east African nation on Thursday. With President Samia Suluhu Hassan widely expected to solidify her power, protesters have criticised t
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Wednesday, october 29, 2025
Protests erupt as Tanzania holds contentious election
Africa • 9:39 PM
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In tonight's edition: Tanzanian police order a curfew in the economic capital Dar es Salaam after violent protests mar the parliamentary and presidential election. Also, the WHO says that at least 460 people have been killed in the RSF paramilitary's sei
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Genocide warnings 'flashing red' after RSF takeover of Sudan's El-Fasher
Africa • 6:03 PM
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Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized the western city of El-Fasher amid reports of extreme violence and mass killings. The capture of the key city in the Darfur region is a strategic boon for the paramilitary group, raising fears that Sudan’s o
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In Kenya, the Nashulai conservancy’s bold bet on coexistence with wildlife
Africa • 5:50 PM
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Founded in 2016, the Nashulai Conservancy enables the local Maasai community and their livestock to live in harmony with the region’s wildlife, from lions to giraffes. Today, this balance is coming under strain from expanding tourism operations and the g
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Red Crescent volunteers killed in Sudan as country experiences new surge in violence
Africa • 3:14 PM
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Five Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers were killed while delivering food in Bara and two others are missing as Sudan experiences a surge in violence. "It's important to keep Sudan at the top of our humanitarian context and priorities" Pierre Kremer, IFRC
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As the war takes a new turn, who are the fighting sides in Sudan?
Africa • 2:31 PM
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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized control of the entire Darfur region, after ousting the rival Sudanese army from its last stronghold there in el-Fasher. Its capture raises fears that Africa's third-largest nation may split again, nearly 15 ye
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Papers on Sudan: A massacre so bloody, you can see it from space
Africa • 11:48 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, October 29, 2025: First, Spanish papers are commemorating last year's deadly floods which killed 237 people. Next, mass civilian casualties are reported in El-Fasher as humanitarian organisations say they have found evidence of
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