medani: thank you for asking.are just outside of egypt, an 18 hour bus ride with no air conditioning, checkpoints along the way, ting to make their way to the north where it is much safer. during that trip, none of us can communicate because of the lack of internet. if it does emerge, the internet is very patchy, so that is an important concern. so like tens of thousands of sudanese, they left their homes, my family, immediate family, and many relatives, because they did not have a choice. most, of course, wanted to stake in the bait is not just an issue of physical security, as shown a little earlier, it is also, frankly, the lack of food supplies, the lack of medicine. most people are leaving because they can. many people have decided to stay committed they are to elderly. the majority, as you probably can imagine, do not have the finances. prices have been increased to gouge desperate people to flee the situation in the capital city. so we are still very hope will and optimistic they will make across ther, even

amy: khalid mustafa medani, we want to thank you so much for being with us. you mentioned jan.o have him on the line with us from washington. he is just back from honduras but is also dealing with what is happening in sudan as we look at how virtually all humanitarian work has been paralyzed in sudan. the norwegian refugee council says the "worst-case scenario is unfolding" because they are unable to provide assistance amid such heavy fighting. we are joined by the nrc's secretary general jan egeland. if you can lay the humanitarian situation right now in sudan that you and other ngos are facing? if you could start again? i did not hear the beginning of what you said. i'm not sure if anyone else is hearing, but i am not hearing you. i think you are muted. we will try -- we are going -- i think we can hear you now. we can't so we're going to go to break and then we will come back and fix this issue. i wish the issue in sudan could be fixed as easily. khalid mustafa medani, thank you for being with us, sudanese scholar, chair of the african studies program at mcgill university. s

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we're joined from montreal by professor khalid mustafa medani — he's the chair of the african studiesrsity. he has written a book called "revolutionary sudan" and has family who are currently on the border between sudan and egypt as they attempt to flee the violence. thank you forjoining me on bbc news. let me ask you about your family. i news. let me ask you about your famil . ~ ., i. news. let me ask you about your famil . ~ ., ., , family. i know you have been speaking _ family. i know you have been speaking to _ family. i know you have been speaking to them, _ family. i know you have been speaking to them, if- family. i know you have been speaking to them, if you - family. i know you have been speaking to them, if you can| family. i know you have been - speaking to them, if you can just update us on what they have been saying to you?— update us on what they have been saying to you? thank you for asking. the are saying to you? thank you for asking. they are in — saying to you? thank you for asking. they are in a — saying to you? thank you for asking. they are in a small— saying to

wad medani.itself, the opposing force against the military, they decided to release , um, 10,000 prisoners in release, um, 10,000 prisoners in these prisons are on death row. and these are some of the worst humans you could bakhmut about in a world where rape rapists, child molesters for baddest apples of the bunch and you're leaving and the government advice was saying, just stay inside . she has to stay inside inside. she has to stay inside because she goes out. she doesn't have a risk anymore of just being shot and killed immediately. she has the risk of being tortured, of god forbid. but worst thing happening . and but worst thing happening. and it's just trying to get her to travel somewhere safer is just and having no contact with her. it's awful. yeah. and i mean, as you— it's awful. yeah. and i mean, as you say— it's awful. yeah. and i mean, as you say ,— it's awful. yeah. and i mean, as you say , yout— it's awful. yeah. and i mean, as you say , your um— 2 yeah. and i mean, as you say , y

there's you know, there's medani town where there could be an evacuation zone. carrying british nationals has left sudan with— carrying british nationals has left sudan with two more planned overhhpht. — left sudan with two more planned overnight. mohamed, that's eurehw— overnight. mohamed, that's eurehw toot— overnight. mohamed, that's surely good news. yeah it tethhhtehw— surely good news. yeah it definitely i— surely good news. yeah it definitely i mean, we're very pheeeet— definitely i mean, we're very pleased that,— definitely i mean, we're very pleased that, you know, for this eeutho— pleased that, you know, for this evacuation effort— pleased that, you know, for this evacuation effort started today ehe— evacuation effort started today eht weetertew— evacuation effort started today and yesterday, we really been trwhhe— and yesterday, we really been trwhhp to— and yesterday, we really been trying to contact— and yesterday, we really been trying to contact mps and working— trying to contact mps and working through the media to thet— working through the media