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At least 22 killed in building collapse in Moroccan city popular with tourists
Witnesses at the scene reportedly said the buildings in the densely populated area had shown signs of cracking for some time.
- by Ahmed Elimam and Ahmed El Jechtimi
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It’s not just Sudan. The same destructive forces are coming for other countries too
The death toll in Sudan is now more than Gaza and Ukraine combined. With the new world order, civilisation is a lot more fragile than we like to think.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
After El Fasher horror, UN warns of new wave of atrocities
Only weeks after satellite images showed blood-stained earth, deaths are mounting in a nearby region and a kindergarten has also been reportedly struck.
- by Pranav Baskar
The children were still sleeping when gun-toting men on motorcycles arrived at their school
Dozens of students, some as young as six, were forced into a large truck and taken away in the latest school kidnapping in Nigeria.
- by Rachel Chason, Rael Ombuor and Abiodun Jamiu
Trump boycotted the G20. Albanese and other world leaders stared him down
A senior Trump official branded it “shameful” that the meeting had forged ahead with a leaders’ declaration despite US opposition.
- by Matthew Knott
Thousands are dead and bodies are burning, but Trump says war ‘wasn’t on my charts’
Satellite images taken over the city of El Fasher have been documenting the growing horror of the civil war for weeks, but the president says it hasn’t been on his to-do list - until now.
- by Aamer Madhani
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In fallen city stained by blood, latest images reveal grim development
New satellite images taken over El Fasher suggest the next step of a large-scale massacre is under way, as international pressure grows.
- by Jon Gambrell and Fatma Khaled
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Sudan
As the world’s greatest human crisis takes a hideous turn, Trump turns away
For a White House that loves a quick deal and a photo-op, a US-led answer to this crisis – which has rapidly deteriorated in the past week – seems unlikely.
- by Ishaan Tharoor
They built a wall to stop people escaping. Now bodies lie beside it
There are fears for the fate of tens of thousands of people in fallen city, after only a fraction make it to safety - and details emerge of massacres.
- by Sarah El Deeb and Jamey Keaten
Visible from space, bloodied sands expose massacre of thousands after besieged city falls
Satellite images taken of El Fasher after the Sudanese city fell at the weekend show clusters of objects “consistent with the size of human bodies”.
- by Ben Farmer and Lilia Sebouai
Girls once used this room to learn how to please their husbands – not any more
An ancient traditional space used to prepare teenagers for marriage is being revived, but with a modern twist.
- by Farai Mutsaka
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