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Sudan crisis: Chaos at port as thousands rush to leave

Mon, 01/05/2023 - 02:06
The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Port Sudan as thousands flee.
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Sudan's Darfur fighting: 'I saw pick-up trucks full of dead people'

Thu, 27/04/2023 - 18:42
With Arab militias targeting warehouses, markets and homes in Darfur, people are cowering inside.
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Sudan crisis: Three ways the conflict could play out

Thu, 27/04/2023 - 18:39
The BBC speaks to analysts to help map out the scenarios that may unfold in the next few weeks.
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Sudan evacuation: The painful dilemma facing Khartoum's residents - stay or go?

Tue, 25/04/2023 - 18:55
Thousands have fled the Sudanese capital since fighting began, but some say they feel safer at home.
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Sudan fighting: On a bus to Egypt with Mario the pug

Tue, 25/04/2023 - 02:18
Noon Abdelbassit Ibrahim and her relatives are among the thousands of Sudanese to leave the country.
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Sudan: Why has fighting broken out there?

Mon, 24/04/2023 - 11:00
Fighting is continuing in Sudan between the regular armed forces and a powerful paramilitary force.
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Wagner in Sudan: What have Russian mercenaries been up to?

Mon, 24/04/2023 - 01:09
The Wagner group denies involvement in the current conflict, but there's evidence it has previously been active in Sudan.
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Sudan crisis: Egypt's dilemma over the fighting

Sun, 23/04/2023 - 01:25
The fighting has sent shockwaves through the region but Egypt seems paralysed over what to do.
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Sudan fighting: The unsung heroes keeping Khartoum residents alive

Fri, 21/04/2023 - 11:37
WhatsApp groups and social media are brimming with offers of help for those without food or medicine.
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Sudan fighting: Why it matters to countries worldwide

Thu, 20/04/2023 - 14:54
Fighting in the north-east African nation is ringing alarm bells around the world. Why does it matter so much?
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Sudan conflict: Khartoum residents fear food shortages amid fighting

Thu, 20/04/2023 - 11:39
As fighting rages in Sudan's capital, Khartoum residents tell the BBC that another crisis is looming.
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Sudan conflict: 'We're expecting to get shot at any time,' doctor says

Wed, 19/04/2023 - 19:03
A Sudanese doctor tells the BBC he fears for his life treating patients at a Khartoum hospital.
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Sudan crisis: Burhan and Hemedti - the two generals at the heart of the conflict

Mon, 17/04/2023 - 17:33
Gen Burhan and Gen Dagalo's tense relationship has spiralled into conflict engulfing the country.
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Madagascar migrants drown trying to reach French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

Mon, 13/03/2023 - 16:42
They were travelling from Madagascar to Mayotte, which lies some 400km across the ocean.
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Israeli apology after teachers mock Ethiopian girls

Mon, 13/03/2023 - 11:57
The education minister apologises after Ethiopian Israeli girls film teachers mocking them on a trip.
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Kais Saied: Why Tunisia's president picked on sub-Saharan African migrants

Mon, 13/03/2023 - 01:13
Kais Saied said sub-Saharan migrants were trying to change the nature of Tunisian society.
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Cyclone Freddy: Winds and rain lash Mozambique as storm arrives

Sun, 12/03/2023 - 10:48
Freddy, which has caused at least 28 deaths over a month, has hit mainland Africa for a second time.
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Paying for prayer: I went into debt, trying to secure a miracle

Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:20
The cost-of-living crisis is prompting people to borrow, in order to pay pastors to pray for them.
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DR Congo's M23 ceasefire: Angola to deploy troops after failed truce

Sat, 11/03/2023 - 19:03
Angola's soldiers are to help secure M23 rebel areas after a ceasefire it brokered failed.
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Nthenya Mwendwa: How the Oscars changed the life of a Kenyan designer

Sat, 11/03/2023 - 14:47
Nthenya Mwendwa's fish leather and Maasai beaded bags are proving their red-carpet appeal.
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