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Violence breaks out in Morocco as anti-government protests rage for fourth day
ByAssociated Press in Rabat October 1, 2025

‘Gen Z’ protesters accuse government of prioritising spending on World Cup stadiums over social servicesAnti-government demonstrations gripped Morocco for the fourth night in a row as young people filled the streets of cities and destruction and violen…

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‘A donkey cart out of El Fasher costs more than a new car’: how 500 days under siege is tearing the city apart
BySarra Majdoub September 27, 2025

The ongoing attacks on North Darfur’s capital has left its people facing starvation, blockade and bombardment, with scant hope of reliefSpecial report: ‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El FasherFor …

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World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states
ByPatrick Wintour in New York September 26, 2025September 26, 2025

New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isolate IsraelThe international community has a legal and moral duty to deny Israel “the tools of genocide”, the Malaysian foreign minister, Mohama…

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Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya trial
ByAngelique Chrisafis in Paris September 25, 2025

Former French president cleared of other charges in relation to alleged pact with Gaddafi regime The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial in which he and aides were accused of making an alleged…

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Sarkozy will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after Libya conviction
ByAngelique Chrisafis in Paris September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sent…

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‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher
ByMark Townsend, video by Elena Morresi September 24, 2025

For 500 days, 260,000 people have been trapped by the paramilitary RSF. While political progress stalls, those who attempt escape are killed and those who remain inside are starving. Experts believe the city will soon fall and the endgame has begunNot …

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‘A gift from heaven’: the TikTok traders of Mauritania’s meteorites
By September 24, 2025

Growing desertification is putting traditional livelihoods at risk in western Africa and encouraging the search for rare stonesBy night, Lamine Hanoun works as a hospital guard in Bir Moghrein, near Mauritania’s border with Morocco-occupied Western Sah…

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‘A gift from heaven’: the TikTok traders of Mauritania’s meteorites
By September 24, 2025

Growing desertification is putting traditional livelihoods at risk in western Africa and encouraging the search for rare stonesBy night, Lamine Hanoun works as a hospital guard in Bir Moghrein, near Mauritania’s border with Morocco-occupied Western Sah…

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Mass grave reveals scale of unlawful killings by Egyptian army in Sinai, say campaigners
ByKaamil Ahmed September 22, 2025

Human rights group says hundreds of skeletons found exposed or buried just below ground during research into killings of civiliansHundreds of bodies could have been buried at a mass grave discovered in Egypt’s Sinai province by human rights campaigners…

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‘I was terrified of dying’: how one man survived 40 hours adrift in the sea
ByAshifa Kassam and Okba Mohammad September 21, 2025

Rafie Nadi, 23, was rescued off Spain’s coast after nearly two days floating with only an inflatable ring and flippersFor more than 40 hours he floated in the Mediterranean, buoyed only by an inflatable ring and flippers. Gripped by fear and dishearten…

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