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Saving Timbuktu's Crumbling Culture: VICE News Capsule, January 29 |
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The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond |
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the headlines. Today: Some 3,000 child soldiers to be |
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freed in South Sudan, former Al-Shabaab intelligence |
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chief says the Somali militant group is on the brink of |
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total collapse, Shell to build $11 billion petrochemicals |
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plant in southern Iraq, and Mali struggles to preserve |
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ancient texts from Timbuktu. |
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SOUTH SUDAN |
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Child Soldiers To Be Released in Peace Deal |
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One militia group has freed hundreds of underage |
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fighters, and the UN says a total of 3,000 will be |
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allowed to return to civilian life in the coming weeks. |
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SOMALIA |
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Former Al-Shabaab Intelligence Chief Explains Defection |
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Zakariya Ismail Hersi says he surrendered to the |
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government because of the group's distorted |
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interpretation of Islam and its disregard for human |
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rights. |
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IRAQ |
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Shell to Invest Billions in Basra Petrochemical Plant |
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Government officials say the $11 billion complex will be |
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the largest producer of petrochemicals in the Middle |
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East. |
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MALI |
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Ongoing Efforts to Save 13th Century Manuscripts |
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A group of library custodians secretly transported |
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thousands of documents after the city of Timbuktu was |
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overran by Islamic militants two years ago. Now they face |
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the threat of humidity, dust, and poor storage conditions. |
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Date Published: 2024-09-06 11:27:50 |
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