media to ensure the world gets a clearer view of what's happening in sudan natasha going to al-jazeera ira greaves is a sudan research and senior fellow at harvard university he says the arrests of opposition leaders shows the military juncture is not taking diplomatic efforts seriously. i think we make sense but only by understanding that the transitional military council is not really serious about negotiating with civilians this could not have been a more lately thumb in the eye and that opposition and it certainly errol isis any effort to move forward in negotiations that transitional military council did however achieve one thing and that is probably there's a division now in the civilian opposition between those who will not negotiate with the t.n.c. under any conditions and the decision by some to reengage the t.m.c. but with conditions that effectively removed the t.m.c. from power in sudan it's a very confusing situation a very divisive situation not only benefits t.m.c. 8 venezuelan president nicolas maduro has reopened the border with colombia at the crossing near kuku toth thousands of