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well this and also on the program, nigeria is silent, crisis millions of malnourished in the country. and children almost affected class digging for gold in mauritania. these miners are hoping to change their fortunes in a poverty stricken country, but it's risky work and it threatens the environment. ah, with hello, i'm christine. wonder. it's good to have your company exactly 4 years after the dictator. omar albus sheer was ousted sudan is gripped by a bloody conflict that has led to the deaths of hundreds of people. these all seeds from the capital ha, to where people have been sheltering from constant gunfire and bombardment as rival

or says battle without 4 key points in the city. the violence started a week ago when fighting broke out between forces royal to the army chief abdel fight at bo hahn and his deputy mohammed. hm. dan, doug alo, 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 you back to 2018. when rare protests broke out 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 obama alba, sheer for 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 generals turned on their leader. omar alba, sheer was removed. well, well i lansing here as defense, minister and head of the supreme security council. 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 were not happy with the military still in charge. and vowed to keep demonstrating demanding civilian rule. then negotiations between the generals and

pro democracy leaders broke down. in june 2019 armed men moved in on the peaceful protest as 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 fatter albert hun and the military removed ham dog from office. at the most sucrose garmen, 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 doth 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, is some he is a sudanese artist, an activist he to pot in the revolution process that led to the ouster officer dance long time ruler, oma, i'll be shared in 2019 welcome back me to 3. to get 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 feeling is very terrifying. amends is the 1st time that we witness

a very large scale war that where, where the conflict areas around my family houses and my friends houses. so i see my friends all the, the, both of the ground there. but these are the buttons, food grant. and i think is a very terrifying moment or trying to navigate through that and create to political efforts. i've 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 obama out the sheer. just remind us again about how that came about because you were involved in the status. so i did their, their evaluation of sorts and for since 2018 december. and it was organized after, after like a long rage and anger, but also balls of disillusion 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. so their relation demand is ending the 3rd of the sheer power because the sheer ruled countries through the military and through violence and they wanted to and that long series of violence, you now have this power struggle involving the 2 most powerful men in, 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 states like since that like for the last 4 years it was a, it was struggle again as, as 2 guys dose to 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 suppressor pollution and killing activists to pot speed is on this revolution. wanted to minute or 2 is to have the monopoly of power as

a military again, which is something that which activists fought against people fought against bashir, not bashir himself or so bashir, infrastructure, machine, military power, and sheer military power. it's which governing sudan, now i'm pick 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 we're hon. as a head of the military, he sustained the power of his tea and he give a gift. we give him the, all of the, all of the resources to, to kind of 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 sudan could one day become a democracy, the democracy at you began fighting for in 2018. yeah, it is not only my believe it's the believe of the people who is an activist in the streets and they are actually, is still, there is

a people now and they are looking at the conflict. and so then they look at to a party which is behind and committee, but there's a 3rd party which is may charity, part of the party of dilution. the part 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, eternity, sandy, cats and doctor unions. they were old fighting too. and those kind of conflict fearing this moment and fill their voices aloud. and they're still there using the space of 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 since the done. we've invited fidel also into the program. he is an international relations and security analyst. he works for conflict research consortium for africa. he's based in across welcome to d, w. use fidel. can you help us understand the issue at heart that has led to the current situation in sudan? yes. first of all, like to thank you for this. what is the issue at hand? is that rate integration or the integration of the paramilitary force, known as a rapid support courses, led by general dig out the gun into the regular army. in fact, this re paramilitary force once in a doubtful conflict during the 2013 is 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 things that we have to call military groups or groups that being robot courses and the primary and this reintegration or the integration has caused 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 call that the era there is not comfortable about it. integration and if 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 these via 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. a 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 and try and what to read. you know, leaders need to do to help bring stability to sit down right now. interestingly, sedan isn't and it's in an area. ready origin that is very small and very volatile . we have a very divided country in your area. we still have so rebellion that was recently quenched or to tear and regime in area and there. and then it's also done. we have libya and this can mean error for g, a. people flocking to that it's been

a new. 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 of our kill canyon president. and then president of the booty to intervene or to represent the group in costume. but so far, nothing has happened. and because they have the potential of and government the whole region into very decentralized states. 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 in thank you. 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 banished. halima works when she can make him cups to sell. but much 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 of me 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 there yet osa anesha sancho new, the linda 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 of him, 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 bid auction decay issue as like they said he was stunted and needed food for growth and action of whitney kalima 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 ida. 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 night myself that. yeah, and i don't have this kind of money for my son either. had money in and wishing does m found some way out? many people in how community depends on charity for nutritious food. received the joy on their faces after receiving some food shed by a dumas mother this not everybody that booth gets to happen. it might take some time before they receive this kind gesture again. oh, her lima does what she can and her husband works as a bike man. but they can rarely afford more than neil. it's bob and may's very little bruise innovation to bull's eye. ask her whether she gets any help from you for it is a fiance in person. inder 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. what had a woman's axes are carmina similar to shoes? local only halima news, several families. weird ball attrition has lived there. children with developmental problems. these have says only 2 of every 10 nigerian children affected guest to treatment the need and i now joined by doctor or seats are o'con call. he works for an organization called nutrition international. they've run programs aimed at taking malnutrition in affected countries. doctor conklin 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 level of poverty and the poverty such that the ability of the families to have access to ins, shells, food is reduced due to dirt and income level of people as whites of the low side. and again, we have crisis in the north east of the country where there is as the security on that house also meant that m families do not have access to our crops across our destroyed holiday or that distorted mud display from their homes. so that is the huddled well, nato fab shots in the family structure. and dr. i've also affected the ability for people to farm and to be able to have livelihood. that is adequate for them, right? your organization and nutritional international advisors,

governments on how to tackle the problem of malnutrition. what has your advice to the authorities in nigeria been yes, we have we, we've kind of what we the government of nigeria to ensure that is and what sector approach and collaboration from dakota us wouldn't to 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 i am government also need to address chung using m one dimensional upwards involving but government or the state level of the federal. and of course, the local community levels. we also go ahead to have the government do re sites. one of the research we do is to also as a 10 aspect of what is good st for dimensions in the communities. and those has also have the government 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 assessed 2 of them an estimate on in the last year. so what our partners have a comment of nature, as i lee of government has been a huge m asked a who'd impact in how government had been able to talk when you to join the country . all right, that is steptoe sita on conway country director for nutrition international in nigeria. thank you for your time sir. than to god bless you. ah. and now to the 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 mine 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 marin tamia, 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 do. 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 started a coil. i see this rock here a part of lava. i've got to test it without 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 job. if anyone there got it, i tried to go abroad in to continue my studies. if was the case i applied for a few visas, but for spain, for germany and for canada, but they all refused it. it's more difficult than finding gold that the 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.

yeah, very dangerous. down there that you working away and suddenly collapses. the sun falls on you in an instant. everything can change off and you'll be track russia. 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, up often services god prosecuting apollo oxygen 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 minors 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. lawsuit on the white metal you can see is mercury inside this goal would addict. if we burn

it off, off the mercury will evaporates, leaving us with just gold one suzie, 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 nearby. the wind often blows, dust far and wide. the sea is less than 30 kilometers away, as is the bunk doggone 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 hello on. this is a very, very heavy environmental called, i think it has this phenomenon been studied enough before we really thinking about it. what are we asking? the right questions casa again, but for many of the minors, environmental concerns come 2nd to their dream of finding fortune. look at it and that's all for this program now as muslims have been celebrating the and over on the done today will leave you with pictures of each gatherings across the content. i'll see you next time. ah

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