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Over 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s El Fasher

More than 700 people have been killed in el-Fasher in Sudan's North Darfur state since May, the United Nations human rights chief has said, imploring the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to…

1 month ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

UNSC demands immediate end to siege of Sudan’s El Fasher

The UN Security Council has called for an end to the RSF paramilitary's brutal siege of the Darfuri city of El Fasher. We hear rare testimony from one resident who managed to…

8 months ago

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UN Security Council demands immediate end to siege of Sudan’s El Fasher

The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force immediately halt its siege of the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it doesn't control…

8 months ago

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Life and death decisions under siege: Syrian doctor on ninth anniversary of war

It's now been nine years since the start of the war in Syria – and Syrian civilians are still dying and seeking safety as refugees. Our guest is a doctor who spent…

5 years ago

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Into Aleppo’s war zone with the White Helmet rescuers

Neighbourhoods in Syria's rebel-held territories continue to be targeted and destroyed by government forces, leaving many civilians killed or injured.…

8 years ago

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Truce extended but aid fails to reach besieged Syrians

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8 years ago

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Fighting rages in northern Syria

Syrian government forces and allies lay siege to rebel-held eastern Aleppo, as Turkish-backed fighters drive IS from all the areas along its border, in two significant but separate developments in the multi-sided…

8 years ago

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Syria’s Civil War: Iconic images of suffering

The war in Syria has resulted in some of the most iconic images in recent years. But there are fears the world has become numbed to pictures of the crisis, as Rob…

8 years ago

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Twenty hostages killed in Bangladesh cafe attack

Twenty foreign hostages were killed at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, the army said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group that ended…

9 years ago

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Twenty hostages killed in Bangladesh cafe attack

Twenty foreign hostages were killed at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, the army said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group that ended…

9 years ago

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Over 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s El Fasher

UNSC demands immediate end to siege of Sudan’s El Fasher

UN Security Council demands immediate end to siege of Sudan’s El Fasher

Life and death decisions under siege: Syrian doctor on ninth anniversary of war

Into Aleppo’s war zone with the White Helmet rescuers

Truce extended but aid fails to reach besieged Syrians

Fighting rages in northern Syria

Syria’s Civil War: Iconic images of suffering

Twenty hostages killed in Bangladesh cafe attack

Twenty hostages killed in Bangladesh cafe attack

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