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Sudan’s army has been attacking an area of Omdurman city where a traditional healer has been treating injured RSF fighters. Ten people died in shelling on Monday, which marked four months since the start of the brutal power struggle between the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since the war began the RSF has moved into bases in many residential areas of the three cities that make up Greater Khartoum – Bahri, Khartoum and Omdurman – that are often targeted by air strikes and shelling. One shell, fired from the nearby Karari military base, hit a small square in Omdurman’s Ombada 19 suburb where young men were seeking shade from the heat. A separate shell hit a restaurant owner’s home, killing his son. Another shell was fired towards the traditional healer’s house on Tuesday, but it did not explode. The attacks cut internet connections, which only returned later on Tuesday.  She is known to deal with bone fractures and has recently been treating RSF personnel. Traditional healing is popular in Sudan – many believe this method is better than modern medicine for treating broken bones. Ombada 19 is also home to members of the Rizeigat ethnic group. They originally hail from Darfur, like RSF leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who is a Rizeigat as are many of his fighters. RSF soldiers are often seen carrying rifles in and around the neighbourhood, where hundreds of people have fled because of the latest attacks. But Ombada 19 resident Hawa Adam, who has fled with her young son to find shelter at a stranger’s house in a safer area, said: “I really don’t know why they shelled our neighbourhood. There’s not a single RSF fighter here.” On Sunday, a separate area of Omdurman, Ombada 16, was hit by an airstrike. Three young men, two brothers and a neighbour, were killed, a neighbourhood organisation said.

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Government forces deployed to Chobi district of West Shoa zone, Oromia region to fight the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) have allegedly killed at least twelve civilians and wounded four others, residents told Addis Standard. Some of the victims were shot dead while they were in their houses, while others were killed on the road on the morning of 10 August, 2023 in two villages namely Qoricha Koticha and Hofu Bake of the district. A resident of Hofu Bake village who said two of his brothers were killed in the attack told Addis Standard that the killing was perpetrated by government troops stationed in the village “campaigning to eliminate OLA”. The resident said the killing did not distinguish between age and gender, adding that an 11 year old child and a 70 year old elderly man were among the victims. Another resident who fled the attack to neighboring Jalduu district said besides those killed and wounded, five women and 20 other men were abducted by government forces and taken to an unknown location. The resident noted that his wife and one of his sons are among the abducted.  According to the two residents, among the dead are four members of the same family; Gurmu Jifara, Tasfaye Jifara, Abarra Jifara and Abishu Jifara. Abishu succumbed to his injury later, while others were killed on the spot. The two major Oromo opposition parties, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) have both denounced the killings which they described as “heinous and indiscriminate”. In separate statements released on 12 and 13 August respectively, both parties vehemently criticized the government’s “dry the ocean, to eliminate the fishes” approach, targeting the civilian population in order to annihilate the OLA armed group. 

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Nigerian prosecutors on Tuesday lodged a 20-count indictment against the suspended and detained central bank governor, Godwin Emefiele with one of the charges accusing him of “conferring unlawful advantages,” a government lawyer said on Tuesday. Initiating one of the most significant overhauls in Africa’s largest economy in over a decade, President Bola Tinubu has commenced an investigation into the central bank during Emefiele’s tenure after his criticism of the bank’s policies, particularly those aimed at bolstering the naira currency, during his inauguration in May. The specifics of the new charges have not been immediately disclosed. However, legal documents submitted by the Attorney General’s Office in the previous month indicated that Emefiele was facing charges of criminal breach of trust and criminal misappropriation of funds, among other allegations, all of which carry substantial prison sentences. Emefiele, who was apprehended on June 10, a day after his suspension by Tinubu, entered a plea of not guilty to a firearm possession charge. Following his plea on July 25, a judge granted him bail, only for him to be promptly re-arrested. “We have filed a matter with comprehensive charges” and “we are withdrawing the (firearm) case at the Federal High Court in Lagos,” a government lawyer told media. Emefiele has contested his detention and submitted a bail application. He was not immediately available for comment. Emefiele implemented a multi-tiered exchange rate strategy to artificially bolster the currency, a move that was regarded by former President Muhammadu Buhari as a point of national pride. Buhari reappointed Emefiele for a consecutive five-year term in 2019, and Emefiele was originally slated for retirement next year.

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