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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemns the killing of Sudanese protesters a day earlier in the bloodiest violence since last month's coup, urging the military to allow peaceful demonstrations. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that campus protests sweeping the United States over the Middle East are part of democracy, but criticised the "silence" over the Palestinian militants Hamas. Blinken was speaking in Beijing, China following a day of meetings with high-ranking officials. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for elections in Senegal as soon as possible as he voices alarm on a vote delay in a call to President Macky Sall. Blinken "spoke to the president of Senegal this morning to reiterate our concern about the situation there and to make quite clear that we want to see elections continue as they were scheduled -- we want see them take place as soon as possible," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the United States is working with Sudan's warring generals to extend an expiring, shaky ceasefire that he helped broker. "We've had a 72-hour ceasefire, which like most ceasefires is imperfect but nonetheless has reduced violence. And that's obviously created somewhat better conditions for people in Sudan," he tells reporters at a briefing. SOUNDBITE
The United States has "deep concern about the engagement" of the Russian paramilitary force Wagner Group in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says during a news conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE
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