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Sudan officials fear for historical artefacts threatened by fightingWarring factions urged to preserve heritage after video clip appears to show fighters raiding Khartoum museumHeritage officials in Sudan have pleaded with warring factions to preserve tens of thousands of historical artefacts threatened by fighting in the capital, Khartoum, that is in its eighth week.A video clip circulating on social media on Friday appeared to show fighters from the Rapid Support Forces entering the bioarchaeology lab of the National Museum in Khartoum and opening storage containers containing mummies and other remains. Continue reading...
Sudan fighting escalates after breakdown in ceasefire talksThe latest shaky truce between country's army and RSF paramilitary came to an end on Saturday evening and has not been extendedFighting has intensified in several areas of Khartoum after a ceasefire deal expired, residents of Sudan's capital reported, as activists said a new outburst of violence in North Darfur state had left at least 40 people dead.The ceasefire between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on 22 May and expired on Saturday evening. Continue reading...
Killer of three Israeli soldiers was Egyptian border police officer, says armyNetanyahu calls deaths of three members of Israel Defence Forces on Sinai border a terrorist attackA man who shot and killed three Israeli soldiers in a rare incident on the Sinai border with Egypt has been identified by the Israeli military as a member of the Egyptian border police.Two Israel Defence Forces (IDF) combat soldiers were killed early on Saturday morning at a military post near Mount Harif, in the Negev desert, the army said. The discovery of their bodies a few hours later triggered a manhunt in which a third soldier was killed, as well as the assailant. A fourth Israeli soldier sustained minor injuries in the shootout. Continue reading...
Uganda says 54 African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia by al-Shabaab militantsDeath toll one of heaviest since pro-government forces launched offensive against jihadists last AugustFifty-four Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, has said, in one of the worst recent attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country."We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a commander," Museveni said in a Twitter post late on Saturday. Continue reading...
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