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Sudanese eating charcoal and leaves to survive, aid agency warns   Sudanese people are eating leaves and charcoal to survive after fleeing an attack on a camp for displaced people near the city of el-Fasher, an aid agency has told the BBC. "The stories we've been hearing are truly horrific," Noah Taylor, the Norwegian Refugee Council's head of operations, told the BBC's Newsday programme. People are fleeing el-Fasher for Tawila, but are dying "on arrival," Mr Taylor added. He said that some were "dying of thirst", whilst making the 40km (25 mile) journey from Zamzam camp in "blistering" temperatures. "We've heard stories there are still bodies on the road between el-Fasher and Tawila. "We spoke to a family who told us of a girl who had walked on foot by herself from el-Fasher, was repeatedly raped along the journey, and then died of her wounds when she arrived in Tawila." El-Fasher is the last city in Sud...

Gabon forward Boupendza dies aged 28 in China Aaron Boupendza scored the winner as Gabon beat Comoros in the group stage at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, but the Panthers exited the tournament in the last 16     The forward featured for his country at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Cameroon and won a total of 35 caps for the Panthers. He had joined Chinese club Zhejiang FC, based in the city of Hangzhou, from Romanian outfit Rapid Bucharest in January. Boupendza began his career in his homeland with CF Mounana and went on to have spells with sides in France, Portugal, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Gabon's football federation (Fegafoot) announced the news of his death on social media. "Boupendza is remembered as a great striker who made his mark during the [Afcon] in Cameroon," the statement said. "Fegafoot and the Gabonese football family offer their sincere condolences to his family." Gabon's president-elect Gen Bri...