you mentioned darfur there, pressure. you mentioned darfur there. we _ pressure.there, we have _ pressure. you mentioned darfur there, we have been _ pressure. you mentioned darfur there, we have been taking - pressure. you mentioned darfur there, we have been taking to l pressure. you mentioned darfur| there, we have been taking to so much attention to the fighting in the capital city khartoum but we are in hearing as well reports about violence in the western part of the country, which of course is already a very troubled region.— a very troubled region. absolutely and i was talking _ a very troubled region. absolutely and i was talking to _ a very troubled region. absolutely and i was talking to a _ a very troubled region. absolutely and i was talking to a us - a very troubled region. absolutely and i was talking to a us official i and i was talking to a us official involved in the crisis response earlier today, they were worried about darfur which has seen two decades of conflict reigniting into another war zone. this would not just be between hemed'ti and the

we have got 300 staff across darfur, them? we have got 300 staff across darfur. and — them?ot 300 staff across darfur. and step _ them? we have got 300 staff across darfur, and stop many _ them? we have got 300 staff across darfur, and stop many parts - them? we have got 300 staff across darfur, and stop many parts of - them? we have got 300 staff across darfur, and stop many parts of the l darfur, and stop many parts of the country there is heavy fighting in urban centres. in places that have been affected by billy long term humanitarian crisis in the past, so it is really desperate situation. fix, it is really desperate situation. a humanitarian corridor has been opened and has been for hours of a humanitarian ceasefire. has not been effective at all? we humanitarian ceasefire. has not been effective at all?— effective at all? we hope it is a confidence _ effective at all? we hope it is a confidence building _ effective at all? we hope it is a confidence building step - effective at all? we hope it is a l confidence building step between effective at all? we hope it is a -

the sense of no government, the sense of no government in darfur in west darfur specifically createsnt offices and un agencies' premises as well as markets and banks, it happened because of this vacuum. the irony and the tragedy is that civilian safety remains the biggest challenge. some centres were burned, idp centres were also burned and there is no one to protect them, so there is no one to protect them, so there is no sense of government. that was the former governor of darfur. a british paralympian and surgeon who is being recruited as the european space agency's first para astronaut is being given a taste of what life will be like in order orbit. john mcfall who lost a leg in an accident as a teenager is taking part in a ground—breaking project. rebecca morelle reports. john mcfall is an astronaut candidate with a difference. amazing! he candidate with a difference. amazinu! , ., ., , candidate with a difference. amazin! , . . , amazing! he is an amputee. he lost his let in amazing! he is an amputee. he lost his leg in a — amazing! he is an amputee. he lost his leg in a motorc

it is important to underline _ into darfur? it is important to underline what _ into darfur?ant to i underline what the international community can do and you mentioned darfur— community can do and you mentioned darfur and _ community can do and you mentioned darfur and that is where support comes— darfur and that is where support comes from but east of the capital it is a _ comes from but east of the capital it is a different picture but the dangers— it is a different picture but the dangers are different. the capital is dangerous and i would like to see us establish a temporary embassy base in— us establish a temporary embassy base in the port of sedan. i think we should — base in the port of sedan. i think we should underline the fact that forces _ we should underline the fact that forces have been alongside supporting the ceasefire that fell apart— supporting the ceasefire that fell apart in— supporting the ceasefire that fell apart in the past and are in fact protecting _ apart in the past and are in fact protecting the air base that we are flying _ protecting the air ba

mostly concentrated in the south—west and darfur region.ot of their assets and resources are based. that has resulted in a broad breakdown in law and order in these parts. we have seen widespread reports of looting and shortages of goods that has resulted in local communities mobilising themselves to take care of their own self defence. in the north of the country there has been less fighting than in the south, that is because the rsf has a much more limited presence in the north. in the days before the conflict began, we saw the rsf deployed a lot of their trips to meru. there has been a lot of fighting now in that part of the north. ~ ., fighting now in that part of the north. . . ., , ., north. we are getting lots of re orts north. we are getting lots of reports from _ north. we are getting lots of reports from west _ north. we are getting lots of reports from west darfur, i north. we are getting lots of. reports from west darfur, afp north. we are getting lots of - reports from west darfur, afp sang today 7a people have been killed in t

. —— west darfur.t to put it to you that the people of sudan, particularly in the capitol one, are living in an absolute ordeal. what would it take for you to allow humanitarian corridors?— for you to allow humanitarian corridors? . , ., ~ ~ , for you to allow humanitarian corridors? . , ., , ., corridors? transition mike first of all, i corridors? transition mike first of all. i would _ corridors? transition mike first of all, i would like _ corridors? transition mike first of all, i would like to _ corridors? transition mike first of all, i would like to thank- corridors? transition mike first of all, i would like to thank the - corridors? transition mike first of all, i would like to thank the bbc| all, i would like to thank the bbc for the interview. —— translation:. we have been asked for it from the first day of the war. we started humanitarian corridors is rated a —— straightaway. we started the truths from our side. we are working for the sake of the civilians and our fight is on the behalf of

he told i northern darfur, in a city. he told me many— northern darfur, in a city.e here. _ wickedness of this situation. it is terrible here. it _ wickedness of this situation. it is terrible here. it is _ wickedness of this situation. it 3 terrible here. it is absolutely incredible. it shows a bit of the history of of what sudanese dictatorships have done over decades in various parts of the country. it is terrible that in the end the war that has been on the periphery, like in for especially, and in around the nile in the south, it has come back. it's been a long time that such an open warfare has happened in a city as big as khartoum. 0f open warfare has happened in a city as big as khartoum. of course, the human suffering that comes out of this is incredible. the; human suffering that comes out of this is incredible.— this is incredible. as for the evacuation, _ this is incredible. as for the evacuation, sean _ this is incredible. as for the evacuation, sean bell, - this is incredible. as for the evacuation, sean bell, i'ml this is incredible. as for the - evac

region and west west darfur.e two men at the centre of this are not aiding that humanitarian help to get to the people that need it, what's the point? the fighting continues. well, that's right. ultimately, this conflict is the responsibility of the warring parties, and they have an obligation to allow their citizens to get the assistance they need and to not target either civilians or the aid organisations trying to help them. what we've seen in the last week or so is a series of very short term, 1—3 day ceasefires that have been intermittently adhered to by the parties, but have provided a little bit of breathing room, as you said, for some people to leave khartoum, for some people to get out and get supplies. could but what we really need in the immediate present term is a longer term cease fire that comes with an agreement by those warring parties to let aid come through and to let people who want to leave leave. you've worked with peace plans and negotiations concerning south sudan. like you said, we're deal

made up of members of the group that led years of violence in darfur.any have been killed and millions displaced since 2003. they say medics have been overwhelmed by the number of patients with gunshot wounds. many of them children. and there have been widespread clashes in another city after chad suspended the operation of a joint force in sudan on their border, trying to not be drawn into the conflict. we have a senior researcher of the institute of security studies. he says a fresh influx of refugees from sudan will put pressure on chad. >> on the sudanese conflict, chad is already the host of 4000 sudanese, the conflict has between 10000 and 20,000 refugees that have already been received in chad. the problem is the challenge going along with the situation. because it is actually happening in a context where there were food program has communicate it some days ago to about his difficulties in covering the needs of the fridge is already in the country. meaning that he is part of the country but also the west part -- east part of the country but also

. >> the war in sudan has added immense challenges into the region of darfur. there's a lot of looting along mega highways out of the megacities of darfur. traveling from one city to another has become extremely challenging because of the highway robberies and looting by armed men who ride motorbikes. the cost of basic commodities has more than doubled. there is a shortage of water within the city because of electricity outage. many families are not able to access water, so we live in an extremely scary environment. internet and telephone coverage is becoming more and more intermittent as every day passes. humanitarian work has not resumed, and the more than 1.5 million people who are internally displaced in different regions of darfur have not accessed any humanitarian services since the war broke out 10 days ago. >> dozens of bodies have been discovered coffee namibian coast after two boats carrying migrants and refugees sank in the mediterranean. aid workers said they expect more bodies to wash up in the coming days. italy has rescued 47 boats. the internati

other parts of sudan and we're hearing reports of a lot of gunfire and news from our contacts on darfur that at least 50 children have been killed in an attack so the number of those dying and injured keeps going up. right now we're looking at 420 people but those are just the official figures communicated saturday evening. people cannot access medical aid and even those waiting to be evacuated are running low on supplies. people are running low on supplies. people are talking about not having food and they do not have water and some have decided to take the dangerous route and go by road out of khartoum. very volatile and going almost blindly because they do not know when an attack will happen and if they will be saved. can i get you to repeat yourself? i am and treat what you are telling us than about fighting elsewhere because last weekend and this week we have really focused on the capital, khartoum, with many trapped inside their homes without supplies and gunfire along streets and we had the beginning of some fighting elsewhere. also forces moving outside and you spoke about fight

we're also seeing the places where humanitarian aid is very active, in places like darfur.g targeted. yesterday, msf reported that one of its hospitals was targeted by the warring parties and that limits their ability to provide assistance, even in places where they have the logistical infrastructure. marti, i wonder if i could just say that it's fair and well for the international community to be calling for aid to be entering sudan, south sudan, also the darfur region and west da rfur. but if the two men at the centre of this are not aiding that humanitarian help to get to the people that need it, what's the point? the fighting continues. well, that's right. ultimately, this conflict is the responsibility of the warring parties, and they have an obligation to allow their citizens to get the assistance they need and to not target either civilians or the aid organisations trying to help them. what we've seen in the last week or so is a series of very short term, 1—3 day ceasefires that have been intermittently adhered to by the parties, but have provided a little bit of bre

hopes to get security guarantees in order to send humanitarian aid to the capital, khartoum and the darfuregion. despite a ceasefire being in place, the past few hours have seen intense clashes in the capital khartoum as the army tries to dislodge the rival rapid support forces. residents are being urged to remain indoors and away from windows. tens of thousands of civilians have abandoned their homes and are fleeing sudan. the uk's last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1,900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. let's hear from evacuees in port sudan. i was working in sudan for the last 13 years and due to the situation here, due to this war, i left everything, my home, my car, my everything. all of my savings from 13 years, really. how do you feel? in my life, i am happy, but because all of my things are here, it's not feeling well. finally, we are on board and it feels

he has been fighting in the capital as well as in the darfur region.tion has warned though is having a catastrophic impact with medical staff and patients unable to reach facilities. let's cross live to our correspondent in ethiopia. tell me exactly what we know about this fragile ceasefire that is continuing today but they have been pockets of fighting reported within sudan. yes indeed. fighting reported within sudan. is; indeed. one thing is certain and thatis indeed. one thing is certain and that is the violence has reduced. it's not as intense as it was before the agreement of the ceasefire but that doesn't mean the violence has stopped completely. we are seeing reports of intense fighting in west darfur for 800 reports of intense fighting in west darfurfor 800 miles reports of intense fighting in west darfur for 800 miles west of the capital khartoum. in the capital itself they were incidents of gunfire and people are reporting loadings of properties and even explosions. the fighting is easy enough for countries to start these evacuations. there a

human rights violations were being committed in darfurand rights violations were being committed in darfur other parts of sedan. there were attempts by the un, led by you, to bring about some kind of resolution. just remind our audiences how bad the situation was. it was as the international criminal court to find it an act of genocide. they indicted the president and his courtroom including this man and the first time that happened to a head of state. there are roughly about 200 million or 300 million people displaced. a minimum of 300,000 people killed and many people are still displaced and a cause of the worlds first genocide of this millennium and also the most successful one because the ethnic cleansing has meant that new groups of people i've invaded and taken over the character of the old black african citizens of darfur. so, the current conflict is, in a sense, the grievances of the past, allied with numerous other grievances, for example this man was known as a butcher of a new by mountains and i have been there several times myself and seen old swedes of countryside turned black

negotiating for access with him and his colleagues trying to get into darfur.were given assurances and they were hardly ever kept. i think he is deeply unreliable. in any case, it is not clear what territory he actually controls. it would be unwise to depend on his assurances. >> there are certainly some partner for peace. should they be negotiating with them? >> indeed, it is an utter shame of the european union to have done a shabby deal with the devil -- professionalize the rsf and subcontract to stop migrants coming into europe. all that did was -- we had other powers in the gulf who use them as proxies to fight. useful combat experience. they are not of the militia anymore. the rn army. d'este ar -- they are an army. the amount of gold produced in darfur has gone up more than tenfold, over 100 tons in the last year. he is a major disruptor of the peace. it would be extremely unprincipled to work with people like him who have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> we are where we are. the cease-fire is holding just. one of the turkish planes c

both were military leaders in the genocide in darfur 20 years ago, and continuing. you can see the tensions, but the degree of violence and the fact that there would be shelling, strafing from the air, i understand the are sf is using antiaircraft guns, and some of the damage they could do is tremendous. of course that is against the geneva convention to use them in civilian circumstances. christian: the guy who runs the mitia is tweeting in english, he called one general a radical islamist and said his forces were fighting against radical islamists. as you just did, we should point out that he was linked to the genocide in darfur, correct? >> yes, absolutely, they both work. he has been trying to in the moral high ground saying he is fighting islamists and the army in that sense of radicalism -- of coue over 30 years, opposition was not allowed in the army. so he is trying to grab the moral high ground. of course h hasn't really got any grounds for that because in terms of violence against millions, both are equally guilty. i'm not seeing the sudanese take sides on

are hearing of the deteriorating - hearing of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in western darfuration in western darfur, particularly, i spoke to a humanitarian worker there a few days ago who said some old tensions around ethnicity are arising, he described himself as somebody who was arabic looking and said during the eid players, when it came time to break his fast on friday, he wasn't able to go to the mosque with his colleagues who look more african because there already tension between the local arabic and non—arabic population around darfur. there are lots of reports of instability there, of looting, rsf supporters taking advantage of the fact that forces are battling the sudanese military to target people. so it's very worrying picture, particularly at a time when humanitarian agencies aren't able to work as that usually would in the country. work as that usually would in the count . ., ,., work as that usually would in the count . ., . ~ work as that usually would in the count. ., . ~ country. thanks so much. and as he was reflecting _ country. thanks so much. and as he

. -- darfur. what is the risk of the country being engulfed in a civil war?> this is actually something that would happen. the conflict in darfur took an ethnic way, it was an ethnic fight between arab and non-arab. the non-arab tribes managed to break into an armory and they picked up arms, more than 2000 pieces. they started fighting. the fight continues to this day. the -- those in darfur said they would put together joint forces to stop the fight but it still continues and it could spread to other areas. they want to control the fighting but it continues. brent: as always, we appreciate your time and reporting, thank you. >> thank you. brent: aid workers warning of a growing humanitarian crisis as hundreds of thousands flee the fighting in sudan. at least 20,000 civilians have crossed the border into neighboring chad. conditions are becoming increasingly desperate and many more are expected to arrive in the coming weeks. reporter: these new arrivals added to the more than 400,000 sudanese refugees already sheltering in eastern chad from previous conflicts

he is wanted by the international criminal court on charges of crimes against humanity in darfur. army says bashir is being held in a military hospital. the rapid support forces posted a video on social media saying it had taken over a major oil refinery and powerplant about 70 kilometers from khartoum. >> we are in full control of the refinery. we believe in action, not empty words, this is not time for nonsense. we control the majority of the country. we have 200% control over sudan. reporter: despite this, the army says it is in control. >> it is the pride of the sudanese army that we have not touched a single facility or any infrastructure. it is the rapid support forces that destroyed them. this war will come to an end very soon and you will listen to the final statement. all of the main facilities are operational and in order including the electricity and water supplies. reporter: the united nations says there's no sign the warring parties are ready to negotiate and has warned of further suffering as long as the fighting continues. laura: in the last hour, i spoke to the act

and the save 50 children have been killed in the fighting and there are no ways people in camps in darfurt humanitarian assistance because most agencies have left. —— can't get humanitarian assistance because most agencies have left. the evacuations have been put on hold by most countries. well, countries around the world are watching the crisis unfold and are making decisions over whether to evacuate their diplomatic staff. the uk's new deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, spoke to the bbc about the situation. clearly, it is a complex and fluid situation. it is the case that the ministry of defence is acting in support of the foreign and commonwealth office. now, you would not expect me right now for security reasons to comment on ongoing movements on the ground. but that is the current situation. what i would say to british nationals who are in that country, they should follow the advice which is to stay indoors, to make the foreign office aware through their website of their location. what i would say is, the situation in sudan is very different to, for example, to what you saw in afg

the head of this militia of the so-called rapid reaction forces, a teacher, was killing people in darfur, generally known with this constant difference, then they both killed the arab population there was not an arab population and gave such an ethnic conflict, they were already killing the arab population in khartoum, now they are fighting each other. this is a strange situation in general, i think. how strange it sounds that this is the first story when one army fights against another and this is a civil war without the participation of the civilian population. by the way, during the war between the bolsheviks and the whites, when the armies fought and both destroyed the civilian population , i do not agree with them. saying there is no muhammad at all yes, and egypt supports general burkhan and the united arab emirates and saudi arabia support daglo and plus russia will definitely support daglo because it wants sudanese gold, it has something to say, tell me it's somehow just yours something is not clear yes, please, all your questions i'll tell you in strips later well, where, where,

it was announced in 2013 to seek the separation of darfur and kurdistan in western sudan. let me tell you this . this is a big province of about 700,000 square kilometers and they wanted it to be separated since 2003. be that these rapid response forces were established in 2013 and they were neutralized, of course, with the huge massacre that took place there, and then they came and in khartoum , taking special privileges from the time of mr. bashir . we will not open this discussion now. dear viewers, maybe they are aware of the issues and can check the location of the 4 points. there is a dangerous situation happening. one is that of course we know that the four points in sudan are seeking secession. now the armed forces are responding quickly to the sudanese army and their forces. i pulled towards the lady of these conflicts now khatun is very serious and there is a huge security gap in the old rebel areas, now darfur, kurdistan, fan and the red sea province, which is in the east of sudan and two important ports there, really, one question will be rewarded, that is, the

mostly we have seen that in the fringes of sudan and south sudan over many years, in places like darfurhave seen horrific numbers of civilian casualties and we continue to see that, grim reports from north and south darfur, the western edges of sudan, close to chad but as you can see now, they have brought that conflict to the streets of this huge city of khartoum and the fact they are not willing to implement it humanitarian ceasefire so far shows you how far down their list of priorities the fate of civilians really is. well, countries around the world are watching the crisis unfold and are making decisions over whether to evacuate their diplomatic staff. the uk's new deputy prime minister 0liver dowden spoke to the bbc about the situation. clearly, it is a complex and fluid situation. it is the case that the ministry of defence is acting in support of the foreign and commonwealth office. now, you would not expect me right now for security reasons to comment on ongoing movements on the ground. but that is the current situation. what i would say to british nationals who are in that cou

in the east, there are clashes in door for -- darfur.s president it and the kinds of violence at the capitol city has witnessed. i would categorize it less as a civil war and basically a conflict between two generals who are just basically trying to take over political control of the country. amy: explain what prompted the latest conflict. give us a brief history of sudan. >> absolutely. i think for your viewers, it is important understand these two generals had conspired and were partners in upending the very fragile coalition government in october 2021 that had been set up after the historic revolution of 2019 where millions of sudanese took to the streets not only in the capital of khartoum, but rather country, that overthrew 30 years of an islamist authoritarian dictatorship under the rule of the former president. after that revolution, there was a coalition government that was supposed to oversee the country to transition toward the civilian democracy and actions that will consolidate that most october 2021, both of these generals,

in north darfur, three employees of the world food program were killed, forcing the u.n.agency to temporarily halt all operations in sudan. in addition, a u.n. humanitarian plane was significantly damaged at sudan's airport in khartoum on sunday. we go now to khartoum, where we are joined by the sudanese activist marine alneel. we welcome you back to democracy now! can you explain what is happening in your city and the capital of sudan, in khartoum? >> good morning. as i'm speaking to you from khartoum, we are hearing airstrikes, hearing different kinds of explosions. we are not aware what they are exactly. what we're seeing in the international media, we're talking about the clashes thing around the military and the presidential palace and other military buildings. these buildings are in the middle of this city, very close by to residential areas. they are our neighborhoods, residents living there, and these clashes are happening in between these buildings. the civilians are caught in the clashes and being affected and the casualties are probably much higher than reporte

has been a feature of this conflict since it began, is that whether it is in khartoum are part of darfurhave these hospitals, even at one of our own warehouses that was full of medical supplies was completely looted and so when you loot the medical supplies, the surgical equipment, the life—saving medical equipment for whatever purposes, whether it is to resell it on the market, to destroy it, it means the hospital is barely functional. evenif hospital is barely functional. even if staff are able to return to the medical wards, if they don't have the supplies necessary to be able to treat people, you can imagine somebody comes in for surgery and you don't have any anaesthesia. we don't have the tools necessary to be able to treat them. usually when these things happen, when the attacks happened, the medical staff flee. it is absolutely usual and you can expect that the patients also, as much as they are able to move themselves with their families or caregivers, they also flee. so the whole place just becomes ripe for ransacking, more looting and more burning. and so it takes some time be

the rsf grew out of a militia accused of committing atrocities in western darfur region two decades agoout 300,000 people died. but global leaders remain optimistic about the transition to democracy. it's a fragile situation. there are other actors that may be pushing against that progress, but this is a real opportunity to finally carry forward the civilian—led transition. the path to democracy from decades of military rule was never going to be easy. anne soy, bbc news. i'm joined now by our security correspondent frank gardner. i , thank you forjoining us. this all stems from a power struggle between the military leadership, but how did get to this point? how did it get quite so violent?— get to this point? how did it get quite so violent? essentially, the war has been _ quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going _ quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going on _ quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going on for - quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going on for quite l quite so violent? essentially, the - war has been going on for quite so

doctors without borders have reported that a teaching hospital in darfur has been affected.ke to the executive director. thank you for taking the time to be with us. i understand that your teams are still there on the ground. just ascribe to us what they are experiencing, what they are experiencing, what they are experiencing, what they are dealing with air. well, it is extremely difficult depending on where you are in the country so, from what i understand, there are parts of da for and other locations that are not as directly affected as we have seen in other places where the hospitals come under attack, been looted, parts of it have been burned. this is an incredibly important referral hospital where one would refer severely wounded patients and so, under the circumstances, severely wounded patients and so, underthe circumstances, it isjust so, underthe circumstances, it is just impossible for the medical community in situations like that to be able to provide the assistance that is absolutely life—saving and essential in a conflict zone where you've got people coming in

obviously there are several rebel groups in darfur, and area that has a lot of international focus, andt has a lot of international focus, but also and area that has a lot of internationalfocus, but also in and area that has a lot of international focus, but also in the darfur region is the wagner group. are the russians the combustible elements in this? are they supporting the paramilitaries? yes. supporting the paramilitaries? yes, we cannot say _ supporting the paramilitaries? yes, we cannot say that _ supporting the paramilitaries? yes we cannot say that what is happening currently during the war, but generally russia supporting the rsf, and we know even the rsf has, during the war, that corrupted in the central african republic, the rsf has moved in order to defend the russian mercenaries fighting inside central africa, so the paramilitary is actually defending the russian interests in notjust sudan but all over, in the region. but it is about international race. a lot of interests are overlapping in sudan. we have different interests in different areas, so sudan is now a place of

got over 100,000 battle hardened fighters and let's not forget he is a project of the conflict in darfurand rule strategy so he could prevent any internal challenges to his own power so what we're seeing now is an extremely complicated situation and will require more than just neighbours but a regional initiative with power brokers such as sour a in terms of those influences it is so complicated because you have so many different countries involved now from china, uae, saudi arabia, russia, it makes any sort of common aim and incredibly difficult doesn't it so reflect on that and reflect on if there is a resumption of intense fighting the regional consequences. this is immense. it is a fiqh's third largest country. its neighbours can't absorb the flow of refugees. we only turn to the country when there is a flow of refugees that could potentially come into our shells and unless we maintain the focus. despite coming to our shores. unless we prevent someone like general hemedti going to die for, regrouping and this becoming a long—running civil war you are going to destroy these institutio

now darfur, kurdistan, fan and the red sea province in the east of sudan and the two ports of muhammad, ask for a reward, that is, the economic breathing lung of sudan in the east of sudan, which is connected to the sea . if the province is separated and south kurdistan is separated three very important provinces with a population of 30 million people are almost separated from sudan and sudan. you can only be in the middle of the port and see without reaching the sea. 1.33 summers are in danger of separation on the border of ethiopia and sudan, there are also tribal conflicts. it is possible that due to the security and anti-security conditions and the possibility of seizing an important area on the border of sudan again, this discussion of secession of several parts of sudan is likely to have happened . it is present in the financial chart of nigeria, central african west almost full of daesh with british and american shock absorbers are present in this region , as soon as there is a lot of security in darfur, they can enter sudan and establish their provinces there. the third point i

, back in the early 20005. result in darfur, back in the early 2000s. in particular, i commend her room, who is thought to be one of those people who have escaped and who could potentially play a role in this ongoing crisis. but himself, we believe is still receiving treatment in a military hospital in khartoum, he is not thought to be one of those people who is out and about, but the fact that these people who are out, free, possibly at liberty to get back and involved in sudanese politics and the conflict in sudan, that is troubling. the conflict in sudan, that is troubling-— the conflict in sudan, that is troublina. �* . ., troubling. ball, we leave it there. thank you — troubling. ball, we leave it there. thank you so _ troubling. ball, we leave it there. thank you so much _ troubling. ball, we leave it there. thank you so much for— troubling. ball, we leave it there. thank you so much for taking - troubling. ball, we leave it there. thank you so much for taking us i thank you so much for taking us through so many different strands of this story bec

the united nations is also concerned about the spread of violence in the darfur region of sudan. the secretary general of the united nations expressed his concern about the involvement of foreign mercenaries in the violence, stating that the ceasefire did not succeed in stopping the conflicts . the conflicts in sudan started on april 26. more than 500 people have died, aid organizations have warned of a shortage of medicine and food due to the ongoing conflict, millions of sudanese are in a worrying state of contract, according to the world health organization, more than 60% of sudan's medical centers have been closed as a result of the conflict. sudan and foreign nationals of this country continue to suffer from conflicts, and many of them and foreign immigrants are forced to leave sudan by ship after the conflict between the army and the rapid response forces of the port country of portugal, the deputy spokesperson of the united nations announced that following the conflicts in sudan so far, about 20,000 sudanese have fled to the country. the conflict in khatun, the capital of

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the cease-fire seems to be nonexistent in darfur, stronghold of the rss -- rsf.n be seen as a sign of how the civil conflict is spreading to other regions. the united nations hcr representative of south sudan spoke to us earlier about the refugees there. >> sudan got its end -- south sudan just got its independence about 12 years ago and there are about 8000 refugees, and these are the people we see coming back now. people who already refugees in sudan, very vulnerable, coming back with new preparation, obviously. about 14,000 come back, i'm going to say, really, since last thursday. the worry is numbers are going up every day. to give you an idea, on monday, we are 900 people. as a 5:00 p.m. today, we have 3600 people that came in, so considerable jump. people are coming in a more and more vulnerable state. the first families to arrive work relatively well off, to aragua transportation. the people we see now are families that are separated. they have taken days to come from khartoum, walking part of the way. there were really no arrival of sudanese until about y

in darfur, in the west of sudan , the army has captured the city of niaz .is one of the main axes of the sudan rapid reaction forces. doer a year and a half ago, the children of this country caused a delay in the implementation of the agreement with the political parties, so that the rapid reaction forces should be integrated into the army to transfer power from the army to the civilians, but the command of the forces says that the army commander has no intention of leaving power and the solution is the conflict in sudan has reached a political stalemate. the un secretary-general, in a telephone conversation with abdul fattah, the commander-in-chief of the army and the commander of the rapid response forces , asked them to immediately stop the conflict and violence . the head of the african union commission also from all sides in case of request, in order to avoid the destruction and to avoid the anxiety and panic of the people , the parties involved in the conflict should immediately stop the conflict. traveli also requested the international community to s

the military leader abdul fatah burhan and until recently, they were allies, and gained power in darfur some two decades ago, and some 2.5 million were displaced by that violence. in 2019, they worked together to topple omar al bashir who was behind a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the darfur region, and just two years ago, they played a pivotal role in a military coup and that is where the things began to get complicated and frayed. the coup ended with what was a power sharing agreement, and the deal between the military and civilian groups, but the tensions began to rise over who would be the subordinate in the new hierarchy. sources tell cnn, these are the sources of the hostilities playing out today. john? >> and now, as far as the forces in sudan, thank you for joining us, but how dangerous do you believe that this situation has become and how essential to try to help get those some 16,000 americans out? >> hi, thank you. first of all, i was an adviser to the special adviser in south sudan for 16 years and right now, it is very dynamic and u of the cease-fires have not been abided

the fighting has also spread into the western darfur region.stan's taliban rulers have killed the organizer of the deadly kabul airport bombing. thirteen u.s. troops and some 170 afghans died in the attack, during the u.s. withdrawal in august 2021. the associated press reports the islamic state member was killed in a taliban ground assault this month, citing u.s. officials. a japanese startup said their spacecraft likely crashed into the moon today, as it tried to land. ground controllers in tokyo watched a live animation of the unmanned lander descending. but they lost contact when it was just 33 feet from the lunar surface. i-space was attempting the first moon landing by a private company. toy company mattel revealed today a barbie doll representing a person with down syndrome. the doll's dress -- blue and yellow with butterflies -- are symbols of down syndrome awareness. the barbie's features were designed in collaboration with the national down syndrome awareness society. still to come on the newshour. former president trump faces trial i

to be in effect i have been reading reports of air strikes in the capital, fierce fighting in the darfurl sus >> well, chris, all day there has been intensive behind the scenes diplomacy conducted by the united states and other nations to extend the cease fire, albeit apache cease fire beyond the 6:00 p.m. deadline tonight. in just the last few minutes, there are some indications that those diplomatic efforts may be bearing fruit. the sudanese military has said they have agreed to an extension of the cease fire by 72 hours, so rather than expiring tonight at 6 eastern, it would go through until sunday now, we have only heard from the regular army we have not heard from the rapid support forces, the para military group they are fighting against. we don't know if both sides have agreed to the cease fire it was brokered by the u.s. and saudi arabia saudi arabia has been a major player in sudan. it's one of its regional neighbors. it's where a lot of refugees have been evacuated to, and in earlier today, we saw secretary of state antony blinken meeting with the secretary general of the unite

it acted in support of fortune in the south of the country in darfur, when sudan was the only good of the inhabitants of darr, at one time became an occasion for international interference with the aim of dividing sudan, as always in the middle east , local forces are looking for external puppeteers. whoever searches will always find talk that, yeah, burkhan, protege of abdul fatah sisi he works very closely with egypt. with his quick reaction force , he is the opposite, he is very close to the monarchies of the persian gulf. it was his fighters who fought in yemen in the south and then they say that he is, well, so her rumor goes. he 's very nice to moscow. and that's why he 's the man who pushed the idea of ​​a russian naval base in sudan all the time. that's not true. in any case, in any case, this is a conflict between two characters. at the same time , the conflict is so tough that even blinkin's efforts, which in said openly. that was just recently guys. stop fighting. we will give you a lot of money. only you stop fighting. we will help you build everything. it did not work out

, ongoing violence in darfur, you name it.tarian organization, it has been increasingly difficult to maintain the level of the community in protracted crisis like the one in sudan. >> talk to me about the human rights abuses that have been a long history there >> well, again, we are a humanitarian -- humanitarian organization like i can talk on -- about the humanitarian needs in the country and the humanitarian needs have been very high and for now, with the situation with the fighting that is ongoing right now, what we are doing is we're trying also to remind all the parties taking part in the fighting right now, that is not an option but their obligation to respect the international humanitarian law that they must also provide space for the ambulance workers, medical workers, humanitarian personnel to reach people in need, they need to treat prisoners humanely and also we need like some space to make sure that people who are killed that the dead bodies are treated with respect >> thank you so much for joining us today we app

we are hearing reports of violence and looting in darfur. correspondent has been monitoring the situation from judy and has the latest. >> news of a fresh cease-fire in sudan was welcomed by the country's international partners, especially the united states. as of the day has gone on, we are hearing of continued violations of the agreement. we heard in the capital, khartoum, that a turkish military plane had flown in to rescue civilians and was shot at. both sides in the conflict, the sudanese army and the paramilitary rss forces -- rsf forces deny shooting at the aircraft. the rapid support forces are accusing the army of targeting the positions friday in khartoum. we heard from a former foreign minister of sudan that said where she lives in the g is hearing constant bombardment. away from the capital we turn to the city was in west adar for in the city of elgin nina where we hear continued reports by militias against the billions there. homes and markets are being looted and people are being killed. a medical charity says a hospital has be

insurgents for hire, they are associated with the genocide in darfur that claimed almost half a millionlives and displaced more than a million people. ruggiero: they've been raping and pillaging, killing elephants, being bgands on horseback for 150 or 200 years or maybe longer. as long as there is recorded history in the area, they've been doing this. kalron: there's an obvious link to the fact that they are able to ride thousands of kilometers and pass countries, obviously having some sort of local support in some way, either paying them or actual accomplices. ruggiero: i saw and witnessed personally in the central african republic that the janjaweed were going far out of their way to accumulate as much ivory and rhino horn as they could to support them, to make money. kalron: everyone's talking about them, about these horsemen riding through the sahel reaching areas thousands of kilometers from their house and coming back with their loot. we have seen clear evidence of that happening. we've collected casings linking specific scenes of poaching in three different countries to sudan. na

support forces, former infamous janjaweed militias that committed the genocide in western sudan's darfur 2 million people were killed. they are fighting for the capital and the country, and likely won't stop until one wins. italy and other governments but not the us have managed to airlift hundreds of their citizens to safety. but most sudanese must try and board increasingly rare buses, whose drivers are gouging the desperate. >> the fares was around less than $100 to, say $50. and now it's reached up to $500. we hope to by tomorrow morning, take off and go to egypt, praying that nothing will happen on the way there. nick: her family will take an 18-hour bus ride north, to egypt. others drive northeast, to port sudan on the red sea, where we spoke to dallia abdelmoniem, after a 24-hour bus ride, and multiple military checkpoints. >> we spent something close, like 48 hours calling something no less than 50 different companies trying to find a bus that would take us. nick: she is a former journalist, turned baker and political commentator, who accuses the us and international community of

and these two generals trace their origin to another sudanese conflict, the darfur genocide. may recall the same darn for campaign for 20 years ago, when rebels in darfur, which is a poor, remote region in western sudan rose up against the authoritarian rule of president, omar, al-bashir. beshear was spawned with brute force, dispatching security forces that ruthlessly crushed that rebellion. hundreds of thousands of people died, women were systematically raped, millions were displaced. the international community went on to declare the actions of the sudan military and genocide. both generals were key figures during the dark for that genocide, working together to crush the uprising on behalf of the authoritarian central government. in the years since, both men rose to the military ranks and enhanced their power and influence. fast forward 2019, won a popular democratic uprising drove beshear from power. following his ouster, from egypt, to russia, to saudi arabia, to the united arab emirates, back to both of the army and the militia. in order to protect their interest in the

were so heavily involved in darfur. that's where the russian wagner group comes in. there have been agreements made. um there's with gold and the gold trade, which is really quite rampant. and um , they've got the numbers, but they don't have the firepower that the armed forces have under burhan and the staff. so the airplanes all of that that's the armed forces. and then the men, the numbers but not necessarily trained army or the rsf. so it's um it's unclear who will have the upper hand. so what is it going to take? well i think you know the best thing is, if there can actually be a cessation of hostilities arranged long enough for people to get to safety to arrange. is that well? i mean, there have been lots of calls, you know very much unanimous calls for a cessation of hostilities, but it hasn't held so but they have to keep trying. and then they can get to the negotiating negotiating table. but the civilians have to be part of that and thus far 400 people and that's those are the numbers that we know 400 people ha