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Gunfire heard in Sudan despite new ceasefire

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a 72-hour truce had been agreed.

We bring you the latest from Sudan, where gunfire has been heard in Khartoum despite a new 72-hour truce being agreed between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

We speak to founder and chairman of an investment start-up, Tony Fola Alade, who has joined forces with a charity to build schools in Nigeria.

And the world says goodbye to the King of Calypso Harry Belafonte.

(Credit: Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).

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Tue 25 Apr 2023 15:06GMT
麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

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