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French unrest

Continuing violence in France, in the wake of the shooting of a 17-year-old boy of North African descent, has led to widespread protests but, equally, thrown the spotlight on policing techniques practiced by a country that claims credit for espousing the values of liberty, equality and fraternity.

Sudan’s makeover

More than 120 people are believed to have been killed when paramilitaries moved in to disperse a protest camp in the centre of Khartoum in June.