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UK military have evacuated diplomatic staff from Sudan, Sunak says

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday the country’s armed forces evacuated diplomatic staff and their family members from Sudan. Sunak paid tribute to what he called a “complex and rapid” evacuation after he said there had been a significant escalation in violence and threats to embassy staff. But British nationals living …

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A journey across Sudan’s capital Khartoum, a city transformed by war

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – In the Sudanese capital, charred paramilitary pick-up trucks hit by air strikes litter main streets and weary residents queue for bread in neighbourhoods largely emptied of civilian life. On the outskirts, people lug suitcases long distances by foot towards bus stops as they try to flee the city. A …

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Ethiopia to begin negotiations with OLA rebel group

By Dawit Endeshaw (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his government will begin negotiations with rebel group the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in Tanzania on Tuesday. This is the first time the Ethiopian government has formally said it would negotiate with the OLA, which has been battling the government on and off for …

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Number of bodies exhumed from suspected Kenyan cult graves jumps to 47

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. Police near the coastal town of Malindi started exhuming bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest. “In total, 47 …

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One Iraqi killed in Sudan amid clashes – Iraq state news agency

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Iraqi citizen was killed in Sudan on Sunday amid the fighting there, according to Iraq’s state news agency, which cited a foreign ministry spokesperson. (Reporting By Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

All U.S. embassy staff evacuated from war-torn Sudan – White House

By Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The U.S. military evacuated American government personnel from Khartoum, President Joe Biden said on Saturday, adding that Washington is suspending operations at its embassy there as fighting between Sudan’s rival commanders continued. “This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds …

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Former Burundian prime minister arrested

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The former prime minister of Burundi, Alain Guillaume, has been arrested, the country’s justice ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni was prime minister from June 2020 to September 2022, when he was sacked after the president accused unnamed people of planning a coup against him. “Alain Guillaume Bunyoni …

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Kenya police begin exhuming remains from suspected Christian cult graves

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police on Friday began exhuming remains from more than a dozen suspected graves in the east of the country thought to contain followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. On Thursday, homicide detectives marked out patches of earth …

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At least nine killed in triple suicide bombing in central Mali – local official

BAMAKO (Reuters) -At least nine people were killed and more than 60 wounded when a triple suicide bomb attack destroyed about 20 buildings in the central Mali town of Sevare early on Saturday, a spokesperson for the regional governor said. All of those killed and wounded in Saturday’s blasts were civilians, Yacouba Maiga, the spokesperson, …

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British PM Sunak chairs emergency meeting on Sudan

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chaired a meeting of the government’s emergency response committee on Saturday to discuss the situation in Sudan, with defence minister Ben Wallace among those attending. Sudan’s army said on Saturday it had agreed to help evacuate foreign nationals, as gunfire and air strikes echoed across Khartoum despite …

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