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OPPOSITION leaders were arrested in Sudan at the weekend as the military junta faces national strikes and a mass civil disobedience campaign amid ongoing bloodshed and violence.
Three members of a delegation who met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday were detained by security services in night-time raids on Saturday, their aides reported.
Mohamed Esmat was arrested along with Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North leader Ismail Jalab and party spokesman Mubarak Ardol.
MAISSON HASSAN highlights how amid bombed-out cities and collapsing hospitals, women-led initiatives are keeping communities alive
ROGER McKENZIE shines a light on conflicts in Sudan and Nigeria, where Western powers are intent on laying claim to valuable resources necessary for market dominance
The spectre of ethnic cleansing looms over hundreds of thousands trapped without food, water, or medicines in the North Darfur state’s besieged capital, El Fasher, writes PAVAN KULKARNI