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The sounds of air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum early on Saturday and dark smoke rose over parts of the city as fighting in Sudan entered a third week.

Burkina Faso has been fighting groups of radical jihadists since 2015.

Clashes between jihadist groups are increasing as they seek to strengthen their territorial control, Jamaa Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), the Sahels largest jihadist umbrella alliance, is under pressure from an aggressive fightback by Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), determined to reinforce its hold over much of Ménaka region in north-east Mali.

The role of the Wagner Group in the Sudan crisis is not yet clear, but its mercenaries are reported to be involved in a number of African countries.

Seasonal Malaria Chemoprohylaxis strategy involves administration of two anti-malarial drugs to prevent transmission.

Three-day truce offers window of departure for refugees while foreign countries evacuate their citizens

Fighting in Sudan eased overnight after the army and a rival paramilitary force agreed to a three-day truce, allowing more Sudanese to flee on Tuesday and foreign countries to extract citizens. 

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At least 60 civilians were killed in a village in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing military uniforms, the local prosecutor said late on Sunday, announcing an investigation into the latest bloodshed…

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