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Sudan court hands out death penalty for killing of protester

A Sudanese court has handed down death sentences to 29 security officers convicted of violent response to the protests.

A court in Sudan has handed down death sentences to 29 members of the security forces for their part in the killing of a protester last February.

Plus Guinea Bissau starts counting the ballots from the run-off presidential election.

And we meet two young Nigerian professionals - a doctor and an economist - who have chosen life as musicians in Ukraine instead.

(Image: Sudanese protesters gather together with a picture of teacher Ahmed al-Khair who died while in custody of the Intelligence Services, last February. Credit: Getty Images).

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Mon 30 Dec 201915:06GMT

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