abdalla hamdok in abu dhabi, welcome to hardtalk. nearly half of sudan's 49 million strong population is in dire need of humanitarian assistance. aid agencies can't get to them. diseases are rife. what are you and others trying to do to help them? thank you for having me. this war is entering its ten months with no end in sight. we are passing through probably the worst humanitarian crisis in the recent history of the country with displacement, refugees, loss of life, shortage of everything — food, medicine, shelter, destruction of infrastructure, property collapse of the economy, collapse of the state. the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr put the death toll at about 13,000 — which is a very conservative estimate — injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement — over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest nu

abdalla hamdok in abu dhabi, welcome to hardtalk.ssistance. aid agencies can't get to them. diseases are rife. what are you and others trying to do to help them?

abdalla hamdok in abu dhabi, welcome to hardtalk.

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the bbc spoke to the former civilian prime minister of sudan, abdalla hamdok.k believes military influence in sudan's government is the lasting lesson from this conflict, and that that needs to change. we thought with such a great revolution in sudan we would be rewarded with lifting of the sanctions straightaway. it took us more than a year for the sanctions to be lifted which was a game changer. had it been lifted earlier we would be able to be integrated into the international community and address the issues of death, issues of opening up the country and things like that. so i think it is indeed the story of our neglect. for more on the situation, i spoke to sudan's ambassador to the us, mohammad idris. ambassador, we appreciate you taking the time, it has been about ten months now since violence broke out in sudan. where does this conflict stand now and is there any end in sight in your opinion? that is what we hope, _ sight in your opinion? that is what we hope, that - sight in your opinion? that is what we hope, that any - sight in your opinion? that is