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‘Return to dialogue’: Intl community demands release of Sudan’s PM detained during military coup in wake of internal unrest

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International parties have voiced their concern and condemnation after the Sudanese military staged a coup, arresting the prime minister as well as other senior civilian leaders and dissolving the government. … Read More >‘Return to dialogue’: Intl community demands release of Sudan’s PM detained during military coup in wake of internal unrest

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Sudan’s military fires ‘live bullets’ at protesters backing civilian govt, information ministry says, after forces stage coup

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Tens of thousands have taken to streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the city of Omdurman, after troops arrested the prime minister in a coup. The Ministry of Information claims troops have fired on pro-government protesters. … Read More >Sudan’s military fires ‘live bullets’ at protesters backing civilian govt, information ministry says, after forces stage coup

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Africa ‘left behind’ as less than 3.5% vaccinated against Covid-19, WHO chief says

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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that people on the African continent are being “left behind” in the global Covid-19 inoculation campaign, after Africa’s health chief said only 3.5% were vaccinated. … Read More >Africa ‘left behind’ as less than 3.5% vaccinated against Covid-19, WHO chief says

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Over 260 inmates freed as raiders blow up Nigerian prison fence, killing police officer and soldier

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A Nigerian soldier and police officer have been killed after militants attacked a medium-security prison in Kogi State, destroying the perimeter fence and allowing nearly all the jail’s inmates to escape. … Read More >Over 260 inmates freed as raiders blow up Nigerian prison fence, killing police officer and soldier

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Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

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Ben Norton discusses how the US military trained elite forces that carried out a coup in Guinea, a West African country with many natural resources, including the planet’s largest reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Western government-funded think tanks boasted that the Guinean coup is a blow to China and its Belt and Road Initiative. Washington’s new cold war has Africa in its crosshairs. … Read More >Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

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Gunman who killed four outside French Embassy in Tanzania was ‘terrorist radicalized online’ – police

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A gunman who killed three police officers and a security guard in the diplomatic quarter of Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam last week was a terrorist radicalized through the internet, police investigating the shootings have said. … Read More >Gunman who killed four outside French Embassy in Tanzania was ‘terrorist radicalized online’ – police