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Sudan to deploy troops to Darfur after killings

A demonstrator lights a flare during a protest outside the Sudanese Professionals Association in the Garden City district of Khartoum on July 4, 2020, in solidarity with the people of the Nertiti region of Central Darfur province in Sudan's southwest. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP

By  AFP

Khartoum,

Sudan's prime minister said Sunday the country would send security forces to conflict-stricken Darfur to "protect citizens and the farming season".

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