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World Service,25 Jul 2019,53 mins

Sudan's army arrests officers and politicians after coup attempt

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The Sudanese army says it has arrested an unspecified number of military officers and politicians in connection with a foiled coup attempt announced earlier this month. Boris Johnson has begun his term as Britain's prime minister with a major purge of ministers from the previous cabinet. A female suicide bomber has seriously injured the mayor of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least six other people, officials told the BBC.

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