genocide one that has led to the international criminal court's indictment of sudanese president omar al bashir however with the authorities preventing journalists going in and information coming out darfur has turned into a black hole for news as a result one broadcaster has proven to be critically important radio banga beaming in from amsterdam to remain beyond the reach of government censors the station has become a rare source of independent news for what it says are its more than three million daily listeners but the broadcasters funding is drying up meaning that the bank that could soon see its doors closed for good listening posts joanna who's now from amsterdam on the role of radio de bangor in a region that has seen its media environment blacked out by design. and home economics. for a family on the run indoor few are unsure of whether the next village will be any safer than the one they just fled to. radio the community difference between life and death and i know we. must have a new deal but i don't know what he. will do you know i don't want. this small station run like max outdoor

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as in beijing he's been welcoming fifty two leaders including his sudanese counterpart omar al bashir and south africa's president civil run opposed she's trillion dollar bills and road infrastructure plan is set to top the agenda but there are concerns that the project is overloading poor countries with debt well here's a look a closer look at the economic ties that exist between china and africa for nine consecutive years china has been africa's largest trading partner in twenty seventeen trade between the two sides went up some fourteen percent to one hundred seventy billion dollars africa is also important to president xi jinping is belt and road initiative a plan to create a vast network of new trade routes connecting china to the rest of the world over the past two decades chinese companies have managed financed africa's most ambitious infrastructure projects on top of trade and investment beijing opened its first overseas naval base in djibouti last year before let's cross live to beijing al-jazeera search out of corresponded avery and brown is with us live so adrian why is afr

and rebels for several months now displaced in tens of thousands of civilians sudan's president omar al bashir has the zoll of his government to tackle the country's growing economic crisis state t.v. says the number of ministries will be cut from thirty one to twenty one sedan was once an economic success story but it's been struggling since losing two thirds of its oil reserves the south sudan in two thousand and eleven at the in the value of the sudanese found as stunted imports and caused food prices to soar those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's witness thanks for watching by. counting the cost. will harsh fix the economy what about before out for emerging markets plus the good the bad and the ugly the corporate impact on society and the environment. paying attention. counting the cost on al-jazeera. just morea the judge in our read mcdonogh alleged local should.

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new finance interior and water resource ministers in the new government days earlier president omar al bashir dissolved the government saying it would help fix an economic crisis but she named a new prime minister and said a smaller twenty one member cabinet would cut government spending as inflation rises and hard currency is hard to come by saddam's also been dealing with severe shortages in fuel and food. and dignitaries from around the world have celebrated the life of. two thousand guests and wanted to a state funeral and gonna the former united nations secretary general and noble peace prize winner died last month at the age of eighty. reports from the capital. a seventeen gun salute for the world's former took to. the state funeral for coffee and then laid to rest with full military honors. and dignitaries paid homage to the former u.n. secretary general. credited with helping to form the worldwide organization from the current secretary general since the shock of his death. i've been reflecting on what may be special. to his family my love. your long journey may you rest in peace. wit

for years president omar al bashir was an international pariah indicted by the international criminal court on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in darfur. when he won reelection three years ago with an official ninety four percent of the vote visiting dignitaries included guests from egypt zimbabwe and saudi arabia there were no representatives from europe. instead of congratulations brussels only voiced criticism. but a short while later it launched negotiations in two thousand and sixteen. secret e.u. documents these clearly spell out the e.u.'s objective in cutting a deal with sudan to reduce onward movements to europe. the moral cost is evidently high. the e.u. should carefully consider the high reputational risk associated with its engagement with sudan. we fly to the sudanese capital. it took a long time for sudanese authorities to approve our visit but after persistent efforts we got visas. intelligence agents accompany us at all times when we were on location sudan is a surveillance state government critics face repression. the country was long internationally

backed down sudan's president has sat his entire government omar al bashir dissolved his cabinet and cut the number of ministers from thirty one to twenty one in a bid to tackle a growing economic crisis. he's picked a new prime minister but so far we've not heard of any other appointments having been announced. at least a good towel is in east africa economic and political analysts and she believes many people will welcome the move. it's certainly a welcome move a very difficult political move for marshall to take but suddenly one that many people who've been struggling and of course. crying out to the government to come to come up with an economic vision that helps the people of sudan to afford the basic commodities which has been very difficult in the last sort of decades of course you know about the sanctions and the mismanagement of the economy and the corruption issues in sudan they could only have been struggling and everybody expected there would peak it would pick up in october when the sanctions against iran were lifted by a prison trump but it didn't and of course there is

now sudanese president omar al bashir has dissolved the government bashir who's just returned from a major africa china summit in beijing also announced that he's cutting the number of ministries from thirty one to twenty one so than once an economic success story has been struggling since losing two thirds of its all reserves to south sudan back in two thousand and eleven of the in the value of the sudanese found there has stunned that imports and calls the food prices to soar well joining me now to discuss this further is east africa economic and political analyst agnes get out thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera and coming in so first of all was this a surprise to you quite a drastic move doesn't it is absolutely a surprise i'm not sure what he was told in china but it's certainly a welcome move a very difficult political move for almost a shill to take but suddenly one that many people who've been struggling and of course. crying out to the government to come to come up with an economic vision that helps the people of sudan to afford the busy commodities which has