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Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation

Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation

Sweden's prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner to stem gang violence, he said, following a wave of violence that has taken at least 11 lives in September alone. Two people were killed in separate shootings in Stockholm on Wednesday, and a woman in her 20s considered an innocent bystander, was killed when a bomb tore up a house in Uppsala in the early hours of Thursday. "This is a difficult time for Sweden. A 25-year-old woman went to bed last night on a completely ordinary evening but never got to wake up," Prime…
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Sudan’s army says paramilitary mobilisation risks confrontation

Sudan’s army says paramilitary mobilisation risks confrontation

SUDAN'S army warned of a risk of confrontation after mobilisations by a powerful paramilitary group, underlining growing strains between the rival forces and a potential complication in moves to restore civilian rule. It could spell prolonged strife across a vast country already dealing with economic breakdown and flare-ups of tribal violence. The mobilisation by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo represented a "clear violation of law," the army said in a rare comment on a dispute that has hampered a planned transition to democracy. "These movements and deployments happened without the agreement of the leadership of the…
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