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New attacks by IS-linked group in Mozambique leave over 70 children missing. Thousands have fled

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has left more than 70 children missing, with fears they may have drowned in a river or been kidnapped by militants as thousands of families fled, local authorities and a group of aid agencies said. … Read more

UN: Up to 300,000 Sudanese fled homes after a notorious group seized their safe haven

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CAIRO — Fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families displaced by the devastating conflict in the northeastern African country, the U.N. said Thursday. The fighting erupted in the city of Wad Medani, the … Read more

Former Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia found shot dead outside Moscow

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A renegade Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia shortly after Moscow’s invasion has been found dead near Moscow ByThe Associated Press December 6, 2023, 5:02 PM KYIV, Ukraine — A renegade Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia shortly after Moscow’s invasion was found dead on Wednesday near Moscow. The Ukrainian military intelligence lauded the killing, … Read more

Azerbaijanis who fled a separatist region decades ago ache to return, but it could be a long wait

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BAKU, Azerbaijan — As a young man starting out as a dentist, Nazim Valiyev was forced to flee his home as ethnic violence roiled a separatist region inside Azerbaijan. More than three decades later, with his medical career over after a stroke, the 60-year-old hopes he can return there, now that it is back under … Read more

Man who fled from China to S. Korea on water scooter mentioned to be dissident

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Touch upon this storyComment SEOUL — A Chinese language man who washed up on South Korea’s west coast final week after crossing the Yellow Sea on a water scooter, is considered a political dissident who was as soon as imprisoned in China, a South Korean human rights activist mentioned Wednesday. Kwon Pyong, a 35-year-old ethnic … Read more

US official says ‘exiled’ Wagner boss Prigozhin could not have gone to Belarus in any respect — and should have used a physique double to make it seem as if he fled Russia

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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2017.SERGEI ILNITSKY/POOL/AFP through Getty Photographs Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was exiled to Belarus final month after staging an armed revolt. However the former Putin ally apparently reappeared in St. Petersburg this week, sparking confusion. A Pentagon official instructed The New York Occasions it seems Prigozhin has largely been in Russia. … Read more