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According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners advocacy group, some 22,000 political prisoners are languishing in junta jails.

Other European countries have looked to national service in response to the threat from Russia, with France, Germany and Belgium introducing schemes this year.

Both sides allege frequent ceasefire violations and mediators fear that Israel and Hamas alike are stalling.

South Africans are the most generous people in the world.

The Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP) group is active in neighbouring Niger, as well as Burkina Faso and Mali, where it is fighting a bloody insurgency against the governments of those countries.