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By Nafisa Eltahir AL-DABBA, Sudan (Reuters) -As the siege by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces tightens around al-Fashir, the few able to pay to escape describe living under constant shelling and negotiating violence at checkpoints to get out of a city where people have resorted to eating animal feed. Last week, a U.N. fact-finding mission found …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Allied Democratic Forces rebels with machetes and guns have killed at least 61 civilians at a funeral in east Congo, officials said on Tuesday, in one of the deadliest attacks by the Islamic State-linked group in recent months. The militants, also known as Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), claimed responsibility for …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study the possible pardon of high-profile Egyptian-British activist and blogger, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a statement by the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights said. Abd el-Fattah, 43, is a leading symbol of resistance to authoritarian rule and has spent most of the …

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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A group called Amerikaners, set up by white South Africans hoping to take up U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of resettlement, has been enlisted by his administration to help identify suitable applicants for the controversial programme. Trump established the refugee programme in February for “Afrikaners in South Africa who are …

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