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Sudan refugees stranded as IOM suspends transport

The United Nations migration agency warned Friday that critical funding shortfalls have forced it to ‘temporarily suspend’ a vital transport link in South Sudan, stranding people fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan.

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Paramilitaries claim capture of key Sudan towns

Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan’s military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week.

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44 killed in Nigeria attacks

At least 44 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a local government official said Tuesday, raising the toll in the latest raids in a region where herders and farmers often clash...

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AU for permanent ceasefire in Libya

The African Union called for a permanent ceasefire in Libya on Saturday after deadly clashes in the capital earlier this month and demonstrations demanding the prime minister’s resignation.

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S Sudan clashes kill 75 since February: UN

Clashes between South Sudan’s army and fighters backing the rival to president Salva Kiir have killed at least 75 civilians since February, the UN human rights chief said on Friday.

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Army, paramilitaries clash near Sudan capital

Clashes erupted on Tuesday between the Sudanese regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin city, the army said, calling the fighting part of a ‘large-scale’ offensive.