Sudanese officials say they have located the whereabouts of a group of 19 hostages, which includes a number of European tourists. Sudan's foreign ministry said the hostages and their captors were about 25 kilometres into Sudanese territory near the borders with Egypt and Libya.
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(Deutsche Welle)
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