By Catherine Schenck and Anait Miridzhanian JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – In a dilapidated block in the business district of Africa’s wealthiest city, Johannesburg, Thulani Cele and 300 others squatting in the building fill buckets with water from the only working tap so they can drink and wash. “We are living in a terrible situation. We need …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has ended its operation to evacuate people from Sudan, with over 700 people flown out of the country, including around 200 German citizens, the German defence ministry said on Twitter on Wednesday. (Writing by Rachel More, Editing by Friederike Heine)
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s toppled leader Omar al-Bashir had been moved from Kober prison to a military hospital in the Sudanese capital before heavy fighting broke out there on April 15, two sources at the hospital said. The whereabouts of Bashir came into question after a former minister in his government, Ali Haroun, announced on …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The first Turkish civilians evacuated from Sudan returned to Turkey on Wednesday, with more than 100 people arriving by plane at Istanbul Airport, Reuters footage showed. The Turks came from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where they had arrived overland from the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Several more flights were expected later on …
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Fighting flared anew in Sudan late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions, as a U.N. envoy said the truce was partially holding even though there was no sign that the two sides were ready for serious talks. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Two German endurance athletes on a mission to run some 12,000 km (7,400 miles) between the northern- and southernmost tips of Africa had a sudden change in plans after being trapped in Sudan by fighting and having to find a way to get out of the country. As part of their mission, …
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By Anna Magdalena Lubowicka (Reuters) – Osman Salih in Khartoum has found it hard enough to protect his own family through days of heavy fighting that have hammered Sudan’s capital, yet he still battles on to prevent lions and other wild animals starving at a sanctuary he runs. “We’re struggling on one side to …
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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has risen to 89, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said on Tuesday, calling for the group’s leader to spend the rest of his life in prison. The toll has steadily risen …
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By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Tuesday his country should apologise and take responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, the first time a leader of the southern European nation has suggested such a national apology. From the 15th to the 19th century, 6 million …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudanese ex-official Ahmed Haroun, who served under Omar al-Bashir and is wanted by the International Criminal Court, said that he and other former officials of Bashir’s government had left Kober prison and would take responsibility for their own protection, in a statement aired on Sudan’s Tayba TV on Tuesday. Haroun also …
