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Senegal cuts internet again amid widening crackdown on dissent

Senegal cuts internet again amid widening crackdown on dissent

SENEGAL cut mobile internet access ahead of a banned march against the postponement of a presidential election, and rights groups accused the authorities of using overly repressive tactics to stifle widespread opposition to the delay. The abrupt postponement of the February 25 vote to December has plunged Senegal into crisis and intensified a backlash against what many see as an attempt to extend President Macky Sall's mandate and a threat to one of the remaining democracies in coup-hit West Africa. After deadly clashes between protesters and police late last week, the government refused to permit a silent march planned by activist groups…
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Curfew declared in Sudanese towns after deadly clashes

Curfew declared in Sudanese towns after deadly clashes

SUDANESE authorities have declared an overnight curfew in two towns in southeastern Blue Nile state, close to the border with Ethiopia, after several days of tribal clashes in which they said 31 people were killed. Clashes spread in several towns on Wednesday after the killing of a farmer, before security forces made arrests and brought the situation under control, a statement from Blue Nile state's regional government said. The statement said 39 people had been wounded, 16 shops destroyed, and a night curfew declared in the towns of Damazin and Roseires. But three local residents told Reuters clashes were continuing…
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Fighting pauses in Sudan, death toll reaches 87

Fighting pauses in Sudan, death toll reaches 87

AN uneasy calm was restored to the capital of Sudan's West Darfur yesterday, residents said, after five days of fighting between Arab and Masalit tribesmen in which scores of people were killed. A local doctors committee said 87 people had been killed and 191 injured since Saturday in the fighting in the city, El Geneina. The violence is a new flare-up of a conflict that saw deadly clashes earlier this year and in 2019, amid deteriorating security across Darfur. Residents told Reuters the streets had finally grown quieter, with government troops deployed for the first time since a state of…
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