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Senior reporter at the Guardian covering global development and human rights. DM's open. mark.townsend@theguardian.com
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Sudan paramilitary leaders acquired £17.7m property portfolio in Dubai, investigation reveals

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By Mark Townsend 
| AOL UK
Analysis of leaked real estate records revealed more than 20 luxury properties in the portfolio, including one in the Burj Khalifa skyscraper.Photograph: Abdel Hadi Ramahi/Reuters A network linked to the leadership of a militia accused of genocide has amassed a vast property portfolio in Dubai as part of a sprawling “paramilitary-industrial complex” across Africa and the Middle East, an investigation has revealed.
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Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds

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By Mark Townsend 
| AOL UK
Voters outside a flooded polling station in Kinshasa during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2018 presidential election.Photograph: Kenny Katombe/Reuters Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather.
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Heroism, horror and the ‘pits of hell’: inside the last days of El Fasher

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By Mark Townsend , Elena Morresi , Laure Boulinier
| Inkl
Thousands of civilians – children, women and men – were slaughtered. The city’s streets had seen the fastest and largest killing spree this century. El Fasher’s fall marked the vicious finale of an 18-month starvation siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the most brutal chapter of its ruinous war against Sudan’s government forces.
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