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Newsday: 26/04/2023 06:06 GMT : Sudan ceasefire: Prisoners freed

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26/04/2023 06:06 GMT : Sudan ceasefire: Prisoners freed

Sudan ceasefire: Prisoners freed

BBC World Service - Newsday, Sudan ceasefire: Prisoners freed

Several former government officials wanted by the ICC able to leave prison.

Former Sudanese minister Ahmed Haroun, wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, is among those freed.

In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, several former government officials suspected of war crimes have been allowed to leave prison, as rival military forces observe a three-day truce.

The White House says the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport during the withdrawal of US forces in 2021, has been killed.

And an intimate collection of 1,500 items belonging to Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, is to be sold at auction.

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