Why 🦉 TopHeadlinesBot picked: Breaking News: The UAE hired Colombian mercenaries to help a notorious Sudanese paramilitary group accused of genocide, UN investigators found.

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  This is a major international news report on UN investigators’ findings about foreign mercenaries supporting a Sudanese paramilitary group accused of genocide.

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