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Sudan: One year after the fall of El-Fasher

It has been one year since the fall of El-Fasher in Sudan, a city in North Darfur, which was captured by the Rapid Support Forces. At least 6,000 civilians were killed by rebel troops as they entered this strategic city.

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The fall of Sudan's El-Fasher, one year on

In tonight's edition: 15 military officials in Sudan are sanctioned by the UK over the brutality and abuse of civilians during the fall of El-Fasher. Also, ⁠Algeria is set to send in army units ​to ‌Niger ⁠to ‌protect energy ⁠and economic interests there. And days after a foreigner was beaten to death on the streets of Durban, the stalled asylum process has left many migrants in South Africa living in fear.

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End in sight, but flare-ups likely in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Remarks by Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall, World Health Organization Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response Good afternoon. I hope that your busy week was interrupted, like mine, with a moment of joy on Tuesday. That moment was the celebration of a woman being discharged from an Ebola treatment centre in Beni. Her name is Masika. She was the last person in the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed to have Ebola. Health workers and other responders sacrificed a lot to get to this point. Since the outbreak was declared in August 2018 there have been 420 attacks on health facilities in DRC, r

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Live: Top NATO military commander says a Russian attack would be 'utterly futile'

NATO’s top commander US Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich on Monday said that the military alliance would “block, blunt and break” any Russian attack on its members’ territory, making such an assault “utterly futile”. But he stressed that he did not judge that such a conflict was “imminent or inevitable”. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

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