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Nicholas Cecil

French special forces soldier ‘gravely ill’ after being shot on Sudan rescue mission

A French special forces soldier is “gravely” ill after being shot helping French government officials to escape from Khartoum, a minister told Parliament on Monday.

Britain’s Africa minister Andrew Mitchell told the Commons of the French casualty as he highlighted the dangers of trying to rescue people from wartorn Khartoum.

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