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SUDAN: The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group battling Sudan's military in a nearly yearlong conflict, on Saturday endorsed a resolution by the U.N. Security Council calling for a cease-fire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in hopes it would help deliver humanitarian assistance to the millions of Sudanese trapped by the fighting.

WOMEN: Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported to broaden the definition of family and remove language about a woman's role in the home headed toward rejection.

NIGERIA: Armed men broke into an Islamic boarding school in Gidan Bakuso village in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police said, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region. A woman also was abducted from the village.

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SENEGAL: The 19 approved presidential candidates in Senegal kicked off their election campaigns Saturday, following weeks of violent protests across the African country after the vote was delayed. The March 24 election is expected to be the most tightly contested race since Senegal gained independence more than six decades ago.

-- Associated Press

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