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    <text>The annual Ashenda festival in Ethiopia's Tigray Region capital Mekelle is cancelled over drone strike fears. </text>
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      <text>Two people were killed and seven others were injured in a drone strike by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on a fuel station in Rabak, White Nile in the southern region of Sudan. The Sudan Doctors Network confirms the attack in a statement. </text>
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      <text>Anadolu Agency reports that two people were killed and seven others were injured in a drone strike by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on a fuel station in Rabak, White Nile in the southern region of Sudan. The Sudan Doctors Network confirms the attack in a statement. </text>
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    <text>Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a drone strike by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on a fuel station in Rabak, White Nile. </text>
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      <text>The Sudan News Agency reports that Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, accusing the country of involvement in recent drone strikes targeting the airport in Khartoum. </text>
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