Sudan: Mass Grave Found in Search for Sudanese 'Missing' After December 2018 Revolution

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Sudan: Mass Grave Found in Search for Sudanese 'Missing' After December 2018 Revolution

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The committee set up by Sudan's Attorney General to investigate the cases of people missing since the start of the 2018 December Revolution has found a mass grave which may contain the bodies of some of the people who are still considered as 'missing' the missing after what is known as the Ramadan 29 massacre in front of the army command in Khartoum, which caused the death of at least 127 people.

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