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Crime Beat podcast: The boy with the heart of a lionCrime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the shocking tragedies and obstacles that shaped the boy with the heart of a lion.CrimeMar 23
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Stowaway cat attacks pilot on passenger flight, forcing emergency landingThe cat reportedly surprised the flight crew during a trip from Sudan to Qatar.TrendingMar 5
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COVID-19 in Africa — pandemic could be far more deadly than thoughtOne report estimates that as much as 38 per cent of the population of Khartoum was infected.HealthDec 6, 2020
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Ethiopian army to move in on Tigray capital as surrender ultimatum runs out, PM saysThe statement Thursday by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office means tanks and other weaponry can now close in on the city of some half-million people.WorldNov 26, 2020
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‘We just ran’: Women, children flee gunfire as violence grows in EthiopiaCivilians are caught in the middle of what some experts describe as a conflict akin to an inter-state war, so heavily armed is each side.WorldNov 24, 2020
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Over 25,300 Ethiopian refugees fleeing Tigray region have reached Sudan, UN saysMore than 5,000 refugees arrived in Sudan's border provinces of Kassala and al-Qadarif on Sunday, the highest single-day number of arrivals since the start of the conflict in Tigray earlier this month, the UNHCR said.PoliticsNov 16, 2020
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Ethiopia’s Tigray region bombs airports in neighbouring areaFighting that erupted in the northern Tigray region on Nov. 4 has reportedly killed hundreds on both the federal government and regional government sides and sent well over 17,000 refugees fleeing into neighbouring Sudan.WorldNov 14, 2020
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Ethiopia’s deadly conflict spills over border as thousands flee to SudanThe government of Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appeared to reject international pleas for dialogue, instead seeking to use force to arrest the leaders of a regional government it regards as illegal and destroy its well-stocked arsenal.PoliticsNov 10, 2020
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Sudan, rebel leaders sign peace deal aimed at ending decades-long civil warsReaching a negotiated settlement with rebels in Sudan's far-flung provinces has been a crucial goal for the transitional government, which assumed power after a popular uprising led the military to overthrow President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.PoliticsOct 3, 2020
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State of emergency declared in Sudan over deadly floodwatersFlooding caused by seasonal heavy rainfall, mostly in neighbouring Ethiopia, led the Nile River to rise about 17.5 metres late in August, the highest level it has reached in about a century according to the Sudanese Irrigation Ministry.WorldSep 5, 2020
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