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By Sonia Rao NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia has announced the expulsion of an Ethiopian diplomat, marking a further souring of relations between the neighbouring countries related to a port deal Addis Ababa has been negotiating with the breakaway region of Somaliland.   Somalia’s foreign affairs ministry said on Tuesday that Ali Mohamed Adan, a counselor at …

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By Anait Miridzhanian and Portia Crowe DAKAR (Reuters) – With fireworks displays, packed rallies, and town-to-town caravans, Senegalese political parties are wooing voters in a parliamentary race that will decide the extent to which the new president will be able to implement his agenda. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been under pressure to make good …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allies have committed “staggering” levels of sexual abuse, raping civilians as troops advance and abducting some women as sex slaves during the more than 18-month war, a U.N. mission said on Tuesday. Victims have ranged between eight and 75 years, said the U.N. …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday that over 14 million people had fled their homes in Sudan, either inside the country or over its borders, with some 200,000 people fleeing since last month. “The 11 million is (people) internally displaced within the country, the 3.1 million are …

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