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The United States says that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict, accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. The two sides "must end this brutal conflict... must comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, international human rights law," says State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. SOUNDBITE
EU lawmakers approve a resolution that accuses Azerbaijan of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" against the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urges the bloc to impose sanctions on Baku. According to the resolution, the European Parliament "considers that the current situation amounts to ethnic cleansing and strongly condemns threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops". IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken describes violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region as "ethnic cleansing" as he presses for an investigation and the exit of Eritrean troops. SOUNDBITE
Peace talks between Myanmar's government and warring ethnic minorities kick off in a bid to end decades of conflict that have claimed thousands of lives. IMAGES
Images from the beginning of the "interministerial crisis unit" meeting in Paris on the situation in New Caledonia, coordinated by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Anger over France's plan to impose new voting rules has spiralled into the deadliest violence in four decades in the archipelago of 270,000 people, which lies between Australia and Fiji -- 17,000 kilometres (10,600 miles) from Paris. IMAGES
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