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  Bashir moved to Khartoum prison amid doctors’ rally

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 18, 2019

  Sudan’s military rulers have transferred ousted president Omar al-Bashir to prison, a family source said Wednesday, as doctors marched through the capital to join a...

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  More than 60,000 people flee Nicaragua crisis: UN

  Agence-France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:00am on April 17, 2019

  More than 60,000 people have fled the crisis in Nicaragua over the past year, the UN said Tuesday, with neighbouring Costa Rica bearing the brunt...

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  Algeria’s top official resigns as students keep up protests

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:00am on April 17, 2019

  The chairman of Algeria’s Constitutional Council Tayib Belaiz quit his post on Tuesday, state news agency APS said, following calls for his resignation by pro-democracy...

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  Fear of army action as Sudan protesters toughen stand

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 17, 2019

  Sudanese protesters have hardened their stand, demanding a transitional military council be scrapped and immediately replaced with civilian rule as Tuesday they refused to end...

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  Nearly 150 killed in battle for Tripoli: WHO

  Agence France-Presse . Tripoli | Updated at 12:00am on April 16, 2019

  At least 147 people have been killed and 614 wounded in the offensive launched on April 4 by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar to take...

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  Sudan leaders face pressure for transfer to civilian rule

  Agence-France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 16, 2019

  Sudan’s military rulers faced pressure from demonstrators and Western governments to hand power to a new civilian government Monday as activists warned of an attempt...

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  ‘Veteran’ soldier Burhan becomes Sudan’s new ruler

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 14, 2019

  General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the second officer to be sworn in as Sudan’s new military ruler in consecutive days, is a ‘veteran soldier’ largely unknown...

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  Sudan protesters demand civilian govt

  Reuters . Khartoum | Updated at 11:46am on April 12, 2019

  President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan in autocratic style for 30 years, was overthrown in a military coup on Thursday, but protesters' jubilation was short-lived...

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  Sudan army topples president Bashir

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 06:41pm on April 11, 2019

  Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was ousted by the army on Thursday, brought down by months of anti-government protests against his...

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  Sudan police orders forces not to intervene against protests

  Agence France-Presse . Khartoum | Updated at 12:00am on April 10, 2019

  Sudan’’s police Tuesday ordered its forces to avoid intervening against protesters as three Western nations threw their weight behind demonstrators’ demands for a political transition...