mountains is one of the downsides of the tourism and poses a threat to the livelihoods of many people in the region. in 60 minutes on d, w, ah, what people have to say matters to us. i am. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d w this is data be news, live from the and then the power struggle in. so dad, the capital ha to him is under siege, and scores of people have been killed as forces loyal to the countries talk to generals, fight over control. how did things get yet,

and way well this and also on the program. now jerry is silent, crisis millions of malnourished in the country, and children almost affected class digging for gold in mauritania. these miners a hoping to change their fortunes in a property stricken country, but it's risky work and it threatens the environment with hello, i'm christine. wonder it's good to have your company. exactly. for years off, dead, the dictator omar albus sheer was ousted sudan is gripped by a bloody conflicts that has led to the deaths of hundreds of people. these all seeds from the capital hall to where people have been sheltering from constant gunfire, and bombardment as rival forces battle it out for key points in the city. the

violence started a week ago when fighting broke out between forces loyal to the army chief abdel fight at bo hahn and his deputy mohammed handle. doug, hello, who commands the paramilitary rapid support forces or are as if in a moment? i'll be asking an analyst if and how the situation can be resolved, but 1st we want to take it back to 2018 when rare, protest broadcast in the country triggering the sudan revolution. it was the sky rocketing price of bread in 2018. that started the protests in northern sudan. they quickly spread across the country, and anger turned towards president omar bashir. you saw the long time autocrat responded with the security crackdown that left dozens dead. oh, nevertheless,

the people of sudan still kept pouring into the streets. many of the women i then after 30 years, the military general turned on their leader. omar alba, sheer was removed. oh, well, i'm announcing here as defense, minister and head of the supreme secure to cancel it. we are moving this regime entertaining its head after he was arrested in a say soon. ah, protesters packed the streets in celebrations, but they were to be short lived. after a transitional, military government was set up many, we're not happy with the military still in charge. and vowed to keep demonstrating, demanding civilian rule sends negotiations between the generals and pro democracy

leaders broke down in june 2019 armed men moved in on the peaceful protesters, killing over a 120 people. shortly after civilian and military factions came together and agreed to share power. the military promised elections in 2023 economist abdullah ham dock was appointed as prime minister for the transitional period. and the new government moved quickly to carry out key reforms. but many months, a political wrangling hardly got them anywhere. and in october 2021 army chief abdel fattah albert hon. and the military removed ham dog from office. at the most sucrose gun, this effectively ended civilian rule in sudan leaving per hahn and the head of the par military rapid support forces. general mohammed hummed undergo lou,

widely known as him at t in charge. both made their names during the brutal conflict and sedans. da, for region the pro democracy movement, none the less tried to keep hope alive and took to the streets early this year. but instead of turning to democracy on the 15th of april, the 2 generals turned on each other. and to talk more about that revolution of joined in the studio, asked me, it is some he is a sudanese artist, an activist. he to pot in the revolution process that led to the ouster of sedans. long time ruler, oma, i'll be shared in 2019 welcome back me to 3 to good to be talking to you again. the last time was around at the time of the protests. i just wanna begin by asking you how you feel about what's happening right now back in your home country. full personal feelings, very terrifying amends is the 1st time that we witness

a very large skill war that where, where the conflict areas around my family houses and my friends houses. so i see my friends are the, the, both of the ground. their bodies are the book and food grants, and i think is a very terrifying moment or trying to navigate through that and create the political efforts made in many ways, this started in 2018 when, when sudanese people began protesting, we know that those months long process led to the ouster of a former president about alba. she just remind us again about how that came about because you were involved in the status. so i did the derb lesion of sauce and for since 2018 december. and it was an organized after, after, like a long rage and anger, but also balls of distribution demand people came together because they want to end to high, militarized, political or political, the space on public spaces, which is actually led to the conflict. now, sir, the venetian demand is ending the,

for the sheer power because this year ruled the countries through the military and through violence and they wanted to and that long series of violence. now you now have this power struggle involving the 2 most powerful men in the country. and who do you blame now because i am alba. she is out the way he's in prison. who is responsible for where saddam is to day now? oh, he is off to about is, i'll start it like since that like for the last 4 years it was a, it was struggle again as, as 2 guys, those 2 people, they had them, the committee and a bore hon. 2 of them there were, they made a military kid in 205-2000, sorry, 21 to end the transition period where the shared power was the civilian government . and they also start to suppressive lucian and killing activists to pot spade is on this revolution. wanted to minute or 2 is to have the monopoly a far as

a military again, which is something that which activists fought against people fought against bashir, not bashir himself or so be sheer, infrastructure, sheer military power and sheer military power. it's which governing sudan, now emp bashir military power is the one that's fighting now, against each other said the paramilitary, which is m a. t is a paramilitary group that, that made by this year. but were hon as a head of the military. he sustained the power of his tea and he give it, give, give him the, all of the, all of the resources to, to kind of it expand his empire as that as a militia that supporting the military and supporting suppressing convolution. i'm interested to know if you still believe i or a hopeful that sedan could one day become a democracy, the democracy at you began fighting for in 2018. yeah, it's not only my believe it's the believe of the people who is an activist in the streets. they are actually is still, there is

a people now and they're looking at the conflict answered and they look at to a party which is behind and committee. but there's a 3rd party which is charity party with the policy of delusion, the part of, of the people who actually asked for long time for a civic government for ending of militarization of society. and that, that the voices of the resisting committees, political parties, turn it to santa cats. and dr. unions, they were all fighting to end those kind of conflict, fearing this moment and spilled their voices loud. and they're still there using the spaces that they have in the middle of this, but the ground to intensify this discourse for civilian government for ending the war, but also in the any form of violence, violent medicines, organizations that actually governing the country now. all right, i may do some thank you for your time things and also get some analysis on the power struggle that has triggered the violence of done. we've invited fidel also

into the program. he is an international relations and security analyst. he works with conflict research consortium for africa. he's based in across welcome to d, w. news. fidel, can you help us understand the issue at heart that has led to the current situation incident? yes. first of all, like to thank you for this is the issue at hand. is that rate integration or the integration of the power military force known as a rapid support led by general dig out the gun into the regular army. in fact, this regular paramilitary force was in the whole conflict during the 2000 and didn't need the good thing that it's about time that the i re integrated or the integrated into a regular office so that it will ensure some stability and general security of the

country because as a styles is saying that we have 2 powerful military groups are groups that being the robot forces and the primary to and this reintegration or the integration has cause these problems in the country. and fidel, what are the possible outcomes of this conflict? yes, we are finding peace has become very elusive because while demolition calls that are there, it's not comfortable about it integration and they feel that if there's going to be some integration in today river, this is not going to secure the economy and cut interest. and so that outcomes are that one if you feel that the advantage in the current compet happening, they are not good lead on you need that i did with the fire that is being called

from all over the world. and again, in the thing that you're going to be defeated, that is when you sit around the table, but as a spouse, now i am head and neck and neck with the military. and if so, that you will still have to continue, you know, and i have to sit around the table. all right? and what to read, you know, need, is need to do to help bring stability to sit down right now. interestingly, sedan isn't and it's in an area, a region that is very small and very volatile. we have in south she done a very by the country if you have yeah, we still have. so rebellion that was recently quenched, or we have a press the there, and then it's also done. we have libya and this can mean every g, a people flock into that. it's been

a cross in the military. i see that you, but i got that, that is the inter governmental authority on developing, which is the origin of what is supposed to ensure that there is peace with. and you have this done. he's president the back hill, can president and the president of the booty to intervene or to represent a group in costume, but so nothing has happened. and because they have the potential and go in the whole region into a very distant life. wow. ok. so hopefully we can get that resolved before the situation escalates to that point, that that is fidel to talking to us from a cra, thank you for your time and insight. you're welcome. ah, you are watching the diabetes africa still to come. the gold rush in mauritania

that promises fortuna that comes at a high price for the environment. it's to nigeria now way a growing number of children are acutely malnourished and in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. there are more cases in the north eastern part of the country that's a region plagued with poverty and terrorism. we'll hear from a specialist working with the government on the problem after this report from the capital, a boucher, we did abuse america acoya mit a mother whose child is managed. halima works when she can make him capsule. but most of her time is taking a look in our thought was mine, her son. he's more than a year old, but he come not cruel or even sit up a moon, look at and, and as her way out in may and, and,

and miss selecting. and i know until i discovered my son had a problem when he was 3 months old. now. good. now go dad osa anesha sancho new zealand that i took him to the hospital by because i saw he was different from other children his age to to let him go as of it and, and she has an ac issue as when he couldn't sit or do what other children could do? yeah, come at when magneto and him. i'm sure the hospital confirmed, he was malnourished. beard the auction. g q she as like they said he was stunted and needed food for growth and action of whitney. halima tried to breast feed her son, but as she herself was mostly without food, her body could not produce enough milk. and she could not afford milk powder, to hope for help from the hospital, did not come about either asking. if i had my secretary inadequately come on one meal baskin, when they asked me to bring about $1000000.00 nighter,

and i would be referred to the national hospital for treatment as, as i sat in there and elsewhere. madeline with fi, but i told them i have never seen a 1000000 knight or myself that. yeah, and i don't have this kind of money for my son either. had money in and wishing to some family out. many people in how community depends on charity for nutritious food. received the joy on their faces after receiving some food shed by tomorrow. but it is not everybody that boot gets to happen. it might take some time before they receive this kind gesture again. oh, halima does what she can and her husband works as a bike man, but he can rarely afford more than neil. it's bob and may's very little, bruce investable. i ask her whether she gets any help from your story. tis sci fi in india will honestly only angie o's or rich. people come to help them,

but not the government, bobby she, we have not gotten any support or help from the government unless they come here and interview us. and we tell them all of our challenges and they make promises. but we never get a response from them thereafter. nothing from them. and i'm one was axes. outcome mana similar? sure. luckily halima news, several families with ball attrition has lived there. children with developmental problems. these have says only 2 of every 10 nigerian children affected gets to treatment the need and are now joined by ducks. oh seats are o'con call. he works for an organization called nutrition international. they run programs aimed at taking malnutrition in affected countries. stopped local is based in nigeria as country directs. welcome to date every news africa sir. so the government in

nigeria has described malnutrition as quote, as silent crisis. why is malnutrition so widespread in nigeria? we how the country where there is high liberal quality and the po box is such that term, the ability of the families to have access to and shows food is reduced due to dirt . and the income level of people is quite on the low side. and again, we have crisis in the north east of the country where there is a new security on that house. also, men dot m families do not have access to our crops across our destroyed holiday or that destroy my display from their homes. so those are huddled well, nato fab shots in the family structure. and that are the also affected the ability for people to farm and be able to help livelihood. that is adequate for them, right? your, your organization, a nutritional international advisors,

governments on how to tackle the problem of malnutrition. what has your advice to the authorities in nigeria been yes we we have we, we've kind of what we the government of nigeria to ensure that is in what sector approach and collaboration from stick or does what into public and private sector. so i dressed this huge problem and then to have the government identify areas of need to for the investment in the tricia. but of course, the government also need to address chung using m one dimensional upwards involving what government are the state level of the federal. and i've called the local community levels. we also go ahead to have the government to do research. one of the research we do is to also as attain aspect of what is good streets for dimensions in the communities. and those has also have the cog meant to from policies that have helped to ameliorate the problems. so beyond that, we provide supports for coming in from edition in the country,

through our partners with the government, another partners. and that has also helped to give 22 to 3000000 children assess 2 of them and as of medicine in the last year. so what our partner should we comment on ledger, as i lee of government has been a huge m assaye, who'd impact in how government had been able to talk when to be shown in the country. all right, that is dr. sita on conway country director for nutrition international in nigeria . thank you for your time, sir. then to god bless you. ah. and now to wear gold rush in the sahara desert, where thousands of people are digging for the precious metal in the hopes of earning a living mauritania is the last country in the sahara where gold has been found. and the government has recently granted a concession, allowing people to mind the gold. but as you're about to see it is very dangerous

work. and there are warnings about the threats the mining poses to the environment in the sahara desert in central martina gold, fever has struck. each of these holes contain some one's dreams. mohammed salam is placing all his hopes in the sand. he threw at him with up yet i say, i'm from a poor family dorothy. oh donna, i came here to send my children's school through the whole to the able to send money to my family back home about that, especially my mother does the coil. i see this rock here a part of lava. i've got to test it with a fancy signs that it might contain gold. so i'd go listen, yes. he's one of the 40000 gold diggers who have rushed to the desert. they want to escape on employment and create their own opportunities. mohammed fall,

never imagined. he'd join the gold rush. despite studying, he has found it hard to find a john. if you'd have got hit, i tried to go abroad in to continue my studies. if was the case i applied for a few visas. if for spain, for germany and for canada, but they all refused, that it's more difficult than finding gold. getting a visa is more difficult and finding gold really not done with the miners dig deep. it's hard manual work aided only by jack hammers with barely any protective gear. typically the shafts are 60 meters deep. but some go down as far as 200 meters which

is who yeah, very dangerous down there that you are working away and suddenly collapses. the sun falls on you in an instant. everything can change and you'll be trying to rush out . we'll start looking for you will clever sand until we find you back on was no oxygen. if you get trapped inside the pit, f austin, sovereign to scar. perfect. net production of because they're working in formally, there are no records, no regulations. many times when miners die, no one ever finds out. in this area, not long after we visited to miners died in a cave in trucks take the gold bearing rocks, dug up by the miners to a huge processing site on the outskirts of shami, the saharan gold capital there. the precious metal is extracted from the rock using large amounts of mercury, which is dangerous for people and the environment. thus you on the white metal you can see is mercury inside this goal would have it. if we

burn it off, off the mercury will evaporates leaving us with just gold one so this nugget has many carrots. usually a nugget. this size would only weigh one gram with this one weighs 2 and a half grams. the waist contaminated with mercury is piled near by. the wind often blows, dust far and wide. the sea is less than 30 kilometers away, as is the bung delgado national park, the unesco world heritage site famous for its unique biodiversity. the nature reserve is also one of the richest fishing grounds in western africa and an important bird. nothing area. journalist, my mono select, has been warning for years that mercury poses a danger to the entire region. it's a myth, kirby is that the mercury passes from animal to animal vandal. it has transformed and at the end of the chain in humans it becomes methylmercury,

which is extremely toxic and dangerous dilemma. cook holcomb, this is a very, very heavy environmental called i fear, has this phenomenon been studied enough before we really thinking about it? what are we asking the right questions but for many of the minors, environmental concerns come 2nd to their dream of finding fortune. good. and that's all for this program now, as muslims have been celebrating the end of ramadan, today will leave you with pitches of eat gatherings across the continent. i'll see you next time. ah.

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