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Sudan’s army chief, paramilitary head ready to de-escalate tensions – mediators

15 Apr 2023

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of Sudan’s army, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of a powerful Sudanese paramilitary group, are prepared to take steps to de-escalate tensions between their forces, mediators said in statements on Friday and early Saturday. The army on Thursday warned …

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Sudan’s military leader ready to take any step to end paramilitary standoff – mediators

15 Apr 2023

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s head of state and army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is prepared to take any step to solve an ongoing standoff with the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a group of mediators including leaders of other paramilitary groups said in a statement early on Saturday. “We reassure citizens that the …

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Syrian foreign minister to visit Algeria

15 Apr 2023

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad will arrive in Algeria on Saturday, Algerian state radio reported late on Friday, a visit that reinforces Damascus’ openness to the Arab world after it was isolated for more than a decade. The Algerian foreign minister, Ahmed Ataf, will receive the visiting minister, state radio said. It …

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At least 30 civilians killed in eastern Congo village attack

14 Apr 2023

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected militants killed at least 30 civilians on Friday in a village raid in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, the head of a civil society group and a local resident said. Army spokesperson Jules Ngongo Tshikudi confirmed the morning attack in Banyali Kilo, a district in …

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At least 20 killed in latest flare-up of tribal violence in Darfur -medics

14 Apr 2023

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese medics said on Friday that at least 22 people had been shot and killed in violence in West Darfur state over the past week. The violence in the town of Forbaranga is the latest in growing tribal violence across Sudan’s peripheries and in West Darfur in particular. Clashes have intensified since …

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Soccer-Tunisian player dies after setting himself on fire in protest against police

14 Apr 2023

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, has died from burns suffered after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said on Friday. Clashes erupted between police and angry protesters in Haffouz, the hometown‮ ‬of Issaoui. Police fired gas to disperse the protesters who had gathered …

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Kenya ‘disturbed’ by UN remarks in leaked memo -senior official

14 Apr 2023

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya is “disturbed” by comments about President William Ruto reportedly attributed to the United Nations deputy secretary-general in a leaked U.S. classified document, a senior Kenyan official said on Friday. The BBC, citing a leaked document, reported this week that Amina Mohammed told U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in February …

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Kenya opposition seeks ICC probe of police head over violence against protesters

14 Apr 2023

By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s opposition alliance has written to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) asking him to open an investigation into the head of the police who it accuses of ordering attacks on its supporters during anti-government protests. Opposition leader Raila Odinga suspended anti-government protests after an appeal from …

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Tunisian coastguard finds more bodies from migrant shipwreck, toll rises to 33

14 Apr 2023

TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian coastguard has recovered eight more bodies from a migrant boat that sank off the country’s shores this week, raising the death toll to 33, the coastguard said on Friday. A wooden boat packed with about 110 African migrants sank on Wednesday off the city of Sfax. Seventy-six people were rescued. …

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