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1 month ago | 
news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir
Citrusdal is a seemingly idyllic farming town named after the fruit it grows. Nestled in a valley at the base of the Western Cape's Cederberg mountains, it's home to rows and rows of orange and lemon trees. The tangerines in the orchards are still as green as the leaves. Harvest will come in July and August, then the fruit will be picked and boxed for export to the UK, Europe and the US.
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1 month ago | 
news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir
Sudan's military operations have pointed towards a specific target for several weeks: reclaim the Republican Palace from their entrenched enemy, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), after close to two years of war. "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar - Friday, the 21st day of Ramadan and the 21st of March - we entered the Republican Palace. Allahu Akbar!" a SAF captain says in a video filmed inside the building. Image: Sudanese army members celebrate inside the presidential palace.
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1 month ago | 
news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir
Inside Sudan, children are killed and maimed. Girls are forced into sexual slavery. Babies are orphaned. These are the horrors Sudan's children now face on a daily basis. In this brutal civil war, young people are collateral. By Yousra Elbagir, Africa correspondentWarning: This article contains graphic material some readers might find disturbingSudan's capital was on the cusp of being reclaimed by the army, when we travelled there.
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1 month ago | 
news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir
Harun is sitting hunched on a bed with a sheet over his head. He lives in a state of psychosis and wants to return to his home in central Khartoum. He tells us where to turn and which bridges to cross to get him there. The war has ripped away the stability that kept him sane and permeates the mental illness that now haunts his days. "I have 37 bullets still inside me and a sniper shot me in my legs.
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2 months ago | 
news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir
From the crowded northwestern market spilling over with returnees, vendors and soldiers, to the barren stalls of central Omdurman still devastated by brutal battles, people here are praying for news of a military victory after almost two years of war. Omdurman, along with Khartoum and Khartoum North (Bahri), are jointly called the tri-capital and constitute the national capital of the republic of Sudan.
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2 months ago | 
news.sky.com | Sarah-Jane Mee |Beth Rigby |Sam Coates |Yousra Elbagir
Sky News has received nine nominations in the RTS TV journalism awards, including for news channel of the year. Our coverage from the scene of the Southport stabbings - fronted by Sarah-Jane Mee - is also named in the breaking news award, alongside BBC coverage of the Trump assassination bid and Reuters' work on the Hezbollah pager explosions. Sky's nominations span eight categories - with a number of correspondents and presenters in the running for awards.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Yousra Elbagir
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Yousra Elbagir
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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2 months ago | 
news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir
A woman walks up to the security guards outside a shuttered USAID-funded sexual health clinic in Johannesburg's inner-city district. She looks around with confusion as they let her know the clinic is closed. She tells us it has only been two months since she came here to receive her usual care. Now, she must scramble to find another safe place for her sexual health screenings and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - her regular defence against rampant HIV.
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2 months ago | 
news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir
Fractures are forming in Brussels over the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda's involvement. Belgian members of the European Parliament are pressuring the European Union (EU) to suspend a controversial mineral resources deal with Rwanda after the deadly capture of the provincial capital of eastern DRC by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. The battles for its control included artillery and mortar exchange with neighbouring Rwanda witnessed by Sky News.
