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Cuatro países africanos se quedarán sin reservas de alimentos para niños desnutridos: Save The Children
Africa • 3:04 PM
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Nigeria, Kenia, Somalia y Sudán del Sur tienen reservas de alimentos para niños desnutridos solo hasta diciembre de 2025, advirtió la organización Save The Children, afectada por los recortes de EE. UU. y algunos países europeos para la cooperación inte
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Inside Ghana's last 'witch camps'
Africa • 11:16 AM
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In northern Ghana, hundreds of women accused of witchcraft are living in open-air prisons. Rejected by their families and communities, these women are forced to seek refuge in "witch camps", where living conditions are extremely difficult. NGOs and polit
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The Bright Side: Malawi's sacred Mount Mulanje added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Africa • 8:40 AM
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The sacred Mount Mulanje in southern Malawi was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July, a move that locals hope will promote eco-tourism while curbing illegal logging.
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Deportados por Trump a África: ¿qué hay detrás de estos acuerdos?
Africa • 12:40 AM
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Uganda firmó un pacto con Estados Unidos para acoger a migrantes de terceros países deportados, pero que se rehúsan a regresar a sus lugares de origen. Washington ya ha realizado deportaciones a otras naciones africanas como Sudán del Sur y Esuatini, las
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Campaigners want to change world map to show Africa is bigger
Africa • 8:33 PM
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In tonight's edition: Africa says it's time the world sees it at the right size. The African Union has backed a campaign to replace the centuries-old Mercator map, which shrinks the continent, with the more accurate Equal Earth projection. Also, Tanzania
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Zimbabue, una tierra exhausta: vidas al borde del colapso climático
Africa • 5:25 PM
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En Zimbabue, el mundo rural ve cómo la crisis climática le hace cortes de manga y las formas de vida se extinguen. La tierra es cada vez más inhóspita y muchos se van para no volver, exacerbando dificultades en contextos ya de por sí frágiles. Un reporta
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UNICEF says children face starvation and deadly violence in Sudan
Africa • 3:40 PM
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After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives daily, UNICEF warned today. France24 spoke with the Chief of Communication
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Exploring Mount Mulanje: Sacred Malawi site added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Africa • 10:29 AM
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Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape in southern Malawi has been officially added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, marking a significant milestone for one of Africa’s underrepresented sites. This recognition not only honours the mountain’s rich cultural an
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Wednesday, august 27, 2025
Moroccan feminist accused of 'offending Islam' denied medical release despite health concerns
Africa • 8:45 PM
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Moroccan feminist Ibtissame Lachgar was denied bail Wednesday despite being treated for cancer, her lawyer said. Lachgar was arrested earlier August after she posted a picture of herself in a t-shirt that read "Allah is lesbian".
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Leaders of Senegal, France say they're committed to strengthening relationship
Africa • 8:29 PM
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In tonight's edition: Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye visits his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysée Palace. Also, Russia courts Niger with offers to build a nuclear power plant in a bid to displace France's decades-long dominanc
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Fighting war-fuelled cholera in Sudan: NGO sounds alarm on lack of funding
Africa • 1:13 PM
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War-torn Sudan is in the grips of one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years. More than 100,000 people have been infected by the disease and over 2,400 lives lost since the outbreak was declared last year. The war has been fuelling the crisis, forcing m
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Nigerian firm revolutionises the world of prosthetics with bionic arms
Africa • 9:59 AM
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And finally, a prosthetics firm in Nigeria has created a breakthrough that's changing the lives of amputees -- bionic arms. In the state of Aqua Ibom, the company's humanoid bionic arms are not only functional and humanlike to match Nigerians' skin tones
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Senegal: Abass Fall elected mayor of Dakar elected, shifting the capital to PASTEF
Africa • 9:56 AM
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After months of legal battles and political uncertainty, Dakar’s mayoral office is turning a new page. The Senegalese capital has shifted to the colors of PASTEF, the ruling party. In an extraordinary session, city councilors elected Abass Fall as the ne
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Boko Haram founder's son reportedly arrested in Chad for leading terorrist cell
Africa • 9:54 AM
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The son of radical preacher Mohamed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram was reportedly arrested by authorities in Chad, according to intelligence sources. He's accused of leading a cell linked to he Islamic State West Africa Province or ISWAP -- a terr
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France returns skull of colonial-era beheaded king to Madagascar
Africa • 9:48 AM
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France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Madagascar, Gaelle Borgia.
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Tuesday, august 26, 2025
France hands back human remains to Madagascar, 127 years after colonial massacre
Africa • 8:38 PM
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France has formally returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, one of which is believed to belong to a Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops during a massacre in 1897. His skull was then taken back to Paris as a trophy and placed in the
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Armed men kill four in attack in Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso border
Africa • 3:24 PM
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Armed men killed four villagers and left another missing in northeastern Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso, the army said Tuesday. The attack comes amid fears of a spillover of the Sahel region’s jihadist insurgencies towards coastal West Africa, with Benin
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Nigerian air force says at least 35 jihadists killed near border with Cameroon
Africa • 7:52 PM
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Nigeria’s air force said it killed at least 35 jihadist fighters in air strikes on Saturday near the Cameroon border, following an attempted assault on ground troops in the country’s conflict-hit northwest.
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The Bright Side: Benin's Subarachill convention blends otaku culture and West African style
Africa • 9:50 AM
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Cotonou's Subarachill convention brings Benin’s biggest manga and anime fans together to celebrate their love of Japanese culture – and bring their own West African influences to the iconic otaku aesthetic.
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Benin's Subarachill convention brings manga and anime fans together
Africa • 8:44 AM
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FRANCE 24 heads to Cotonou to meet the young Beninese who create exciting worlds inspired by manga and Japanese pop culture. The Subarachill festival perfectly captures this spirit: a space where Japan meets Benin, where cosplay costumes are made with wa
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Friday, august 22, 2025
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Boko Haram leader killed in Lake Chad basin operation, Niger army says
Africa • 11:54 PM
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Niger’s army on Thursday said it killed Boko Haram leader Bakura during a “surgical operation” last week on an island in the Lake Chad basin in the Diffa region near the borders with Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.
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¿Un plan para la expulsión de gazatíes a África?
Africa • 7:04 PM
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Nuevos reportes sugieren que varios países de África estarían en la mira de Israel para enviar a ciudadanos palestinos expulsados de la Franja de Gaza. Así lo indicaron las agencias Reuters y Associated Press, aunque naciones como Sudán del Sur lo niegan
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French judges dismiss genocide case against Rwanda's former first lady
Africa • 3:22 PM
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French judges dismissed a long-running case against Agathe Habyarimana, widow of Rwanda’s former president, ruling there was insufficient evidence to link her to the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people.
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Tunisians rally in support of embattled trade union amid government clampdown
Africa • 2:25 PM
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Tunisia’s main labour union drew the country’s largest rally in months on Thursday, as members and backers protested President Kais Saied’s growing pressure on the UGTT, denouncing rising repression and a rollback of freedoms in the birthplace of the Ara
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Wednesday, august 20, 2025
El precio de abandonar: África se conduele tras los recortes de la ayuda estadounidense
Africa • 3:14 PM
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El abrupto recorte de la ayuda humanitaria estadounidense ordenado por la Administración de Donald Trump ha desmantelado en seis meses programas clave de alimentación, salud y educación en África subsahariana, la región que más fondos recibía de la desap
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At least 140 killed by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern DR Congo, rights group says
Africa • 3:08 PM
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Human Rights Watch said 141 people, predominantly Hutus, were feared to have been killed in eastern Congo in July in attacks believed to have been carried out by the Rwanda-backed M23 group, the most prominent of the armed groups fighting for control of
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Tuesday, august 19, 2025
‘Unravelling of international humanitarian law’: Deadliest year yet for aid workers
Africa • 9:51 PM
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The world is becoming increasingly dangerous for humanitarian workers. New data from the Aid Worker Security Report reveals that a record 383 aid workers were killed in the line of duty last year. On World Humanitarian Day, we speak with the report’s aut
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Gambling emerges as a public health issue in Kenya
Africa • 9:38 PM
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In Kenya, gambling is increasingly being recognised as a public health issue. More and more people are being drawn to games of chance and sports betting in the hopes of hitting the jackpot. However, many punters are finding themselves trapped in addictio
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Ex-Mali PM Choguel Kokalla Maiga jailed on public funds embezzlement charges
Africa • 4:41 PM
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Choguel Kokalla Maiga, the ex-prime minister of Mali, was formally charged with embezzlement of public funds and placed in prison on Tuesday – deepening concerns over mounting political repression under the country’s ruling military junta. Maiga was sack
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DR Congo and M23 rebels miss peace deal deadline but will continue talks
Africa • 3:50 PM
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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels were meant to finalise a peace agreement by August 18, according to an earlier commitment signed in July. Though the two parties have missed the deadline, Qatar, who is mediating the talks, sa
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DR Congo: Will recent violence derail ongoing peace talks with Rwanda and M23 rebels?
Africa • 10:00 AM
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In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, there are fears that recent violence will derail peace talks meant to bring an end to fighting with M23 rebels, who are backed by Rwanda. The United States, which has put pressure on all sides to stop the fighting
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Madagascar's Rajoelina assumes rotating leadership of SADC
Africa • 9:58 AM
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The 45th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit wrapped up on Monday in Madagascar. The event marked a major political milestone for President Andry Rajoelina, who officially assumed the organization’s rotating chairmanship for the next yea
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Teeth that shake up human evolution: Ethiopian fossils shed light on ancestors
Africa • 9:12 AM
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Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo to whi
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Monday, august 18, 2025
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Qatar shares peace draft with DR Congo, M23 rebels as deadline looms
Africa • 2:28 PM
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Ahead of an August 18 deadline, a Qatari official on Sunday said Qatari negotiators had shared a draft peace deal with the Congolese government and M23 rebels. Doha is set to host a new round of negotiations, the official added.
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Southern African leaders meet in Madagascar for SADC summit
Africa • 10:49 AM
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Leaders of Southern African states are gathering in Madagascar this Sunday (August 17) and Monday for a regional summit of the Southern African Development Community. The region's mining industry is the main topic on the agenda of this 45th summit.They'r
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Saturday, august 16, 2025
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Mali junta accuses 'foreign states' of attempted destabilisation plot
Africa • 11:21 PM
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Mali's ruling military junta said Thursday it had arrested a French national suspected of working for French intelligence services and at least 55 soldiers for allegedly attempting to "destabilise the institutions of the republic" with the help of "forei
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Oil producers resist as nations push for global plastics agreement
Africa • 9:06 PM
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Negotiators in Geneva are scrambling to salvage a global treaty aimed at curbing plastic pollution, as talks enter their final day. Nearly 100 countries are pushing for an agreement, but opposition from oil-producing nations threatens to derail progress.
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Moroccan feminist activist accused of 'offending Islam' has trial postponed
Africa • 4:09 AM
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A Moroccan feminist activist has provoked widespread outrage after she was arrested on Sunday for posting a picture of herself wearing a shirt with the word "Allah" followed by "is lesbian". The woman had her trial postponed by two weeks on Wednesday aft
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US cracks down on mineral trafficking in DR Congo with new sanctions
Africa • 2:30 AM
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The United States has imposed sanctions on an armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing it of profiting from mineral trafficking. Congolese and Chinese companies linked to this illegal trade have also been sanctioned. This decision co
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Wednesday, august 13, 2025
Macron admits French 'repressive violence' in Cameroon decolonisation 'war'
Africa • 8:24 PM
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France waged a "war" in Cameroon marked by "repressive violence" during and after the African country's decolonisation in the late 1950s, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged in a letter published Tuesday. The letter, sent to his Cameroonian counterpar
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'A disaster': Russia’s Africa Corps suffers its first defeat in Mali
Africa • 4:11 PM
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At least three Russian fighters died when a convoy of the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps was caught in a jihadist ambush on August 1 near Ténenkou in the Mopti region of Mali. Members of the jihadist group JNIM filmed grisly footage of the dead
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Mercenarios colombianos: ¿cómo terminaron en Sudán?
Africa • 12:28 AM
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El Gobierno de facto de Sudán acusa a Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU) de patrocinar a mercenarios colombianos para combatir junto con las paramilitares Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido (FAR). Desde abril de 2023, la guerra entre el Ejército y las FAR ha causado dece
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Tuesday, august 12, 2025
Fighting resumes between Congolese army and M23 despite ceasefire
Africa • 8:53 PM
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Violent clashes have erupted between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite a peace treaty, security and local sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday, August 11. Kinshasa and M23 had sig
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Refugiados luchan contra el hambre y el cólera en los campos de desplazados de Sudán
Africa • 11:58 AM
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Sin jabón, agua limpia ni la medicina más básica, cientos de miles de personas en campos de refugiados en Darfur, Sudán, enfrentan un brote de cólera. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) informó la semana pasada que se han reportado 100,000 casos e
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Refugees grapple with hunger and cholera in Sudan's displacement camps
Africa • 9:26 AM
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Lacking soap, clean water and the most basic medicine, hundreds of thousands of people in refugee camps in Sudan's Darfur are facing an outbreak of cholera. The World Health Organization said last week that 100,000 cases had been reported across the coun
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Tropas nigerianas matan a más de 100 presuntos miembros de una banda criminal
Africa • 12:15 AM
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Las fuerzas nigerianas mataron a más de 100 presuntos miembros de una banda criminal en un ataque aéreo y terrestre el domingo 10 de agosto en el estado de Zamfara, según un informe de seguimiento del conflicto elaborado para las Naciones Unidas el lunes
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Monday, august 11, 2025
South Sudan’s mental health services face funding crisis
Africa • 8:10 PM
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Authorities in South Sudan are sounding the alarm over the country's mental health crisis. Just last month, 12 suicides were reported in Juba in a single week. Clinics offering mental health support are scarce – and many are at risk of shutting down. In
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Nigerian troops kill more than 100 'bandits' in northwest operation
Africa • 2:57 PM
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Nigerian forces killed more than 100 members of a criminal gang in an air and ground raid on Sunday in Zamfara state, a conflict monitoring report produced for the United Nations said Monday. The raid follows rising violence, including a deadly attack by
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Sudan: 25 million people acutely food insecure, according to the WHO
Africa • 10:28 AM
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Malnutrition has killed 63 people, mostly women and children, in just one week in Sudan's besieged city of El-Fasher, a senior health official said Sunday, as fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries intensifies in the western region. Details b
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