saying, fighting has reached the presidential palace fighting has reached the head quarters of the r s. f. the sudanese rapids support forces. these are obviously very key areas in the palace structure of this country, air bases, we had record, so all the deployment of r s f form forces on the tarmac of how to air base airports. and then we can see pictures coming in that does appear to show some kind of movement of mercury personnel across the tarmac there and a call, a statement by the r s. f. calling for local and international condemnation of the sudanese army. we have not heard from either the head of the army personally, himself, and the fatigue and bore hon all personally from the head of the r s. f. general m hammered ham down the gallow, also known as hamid t. all right, let's see if we can. let's, let's bring in hip morgan again. she is following this situation for us. we saw you up on the roof moments ago. huber, thank you for bringing us the this update in very challenging difficult circumstances. what is that big picture here of where this leaves the transition process? right

of the presidential palace and that's the scene of intense fighting and confrontations between the r s f and the army. the general command of the army is right now under the control of the army themselves. but there's the presidential palace, which is under the control of the r s f, and which the army is trying to regain control of. but there's another 3rd party that it's right now taking part in this fight between the r s f and the army. and that's the central reserve police. earlier this morning, the central reserve police, a unit of the police, was deployed on the streets of the capital, hard to him, to take care of the issue of insecurity that arose after prisons were broken into. and more than $20000.00 inmates were released. now the r s f says that is another party that is being added into the conflict and beings and fighting on the side of the army. and that that is something it would not accept. so as days go by, this conflict seems to be going on and on with people being affected, trapped in their homes, unable to leave, and the parties to the conflict growing wider and wider th

r s f and army forces. now blame each other for starting the conflict and both say they won't back down. let's go live now at you, christine vars. joining us from khartoum, she is a country representative for sudan with the federal impact shift on think tank. thank you so much for speaking to us after what must have been a long night. can you tell us what the situation is looking like today? yeah, hello, thanks for having me. well, we had the fighting soundtrack on for the past more than 28 hours now with lulls only around 3 times or when fighting broke around, went on fast. all sorts of silvery seems to be used to. we hear some low grumbling sounds and then sharper thoughts are machine gun fire. there were fight tickets. overhead again, at least one internet provider seems to have caught the service and people are also starting to get a bit nervous over the supply of drinking water and food. in many areas shops, i closed it also getting really hot. here with more than 40 degrees celsius, so civilians havin

which they claim they have actually and the under the control, when you say, are you referring to the r s f f a saying they've taken control of the television, radio and television station as well. and the social media. and i thought the speaking of the social media and i got here the exclusion from here. and actually, i don't the tv i've read, you wrote back and all it's actually guarded by my out of the 40 is now now since since 2019 and actually since the 25th of last year's it's in, you will find out as the courses and the tv and read you. right, and just let's recap then for viewers, reports and claims. now, course we cannot verify this, these reports coming in, that the r s f have taken control of call to map brought of moodily add bass and of the radio. and television station that would be of course, also in the car to me, these are all claims being reported by the r s f. we ride week. we can't verify that, but you said you could still hear explosions going on around some of these installations like the radio and television station that would be indicative that the fighting still goe

said that big in his street fighting began here at what seems to be an exchange of fire between b r s f a. and this would in his army. so lots of tensions on the streets of her to him as the battles between the r s f and the army continues. is it not clear yet? who has the upper hand, both sides claim that they have control of major facilities here in the capitol? yeah, i was going to ask you whether there was a sense of who controls what you know, places like the airport, the national broadcaster, is there a sense of who has the upper hand, if you will, while both sides claim that they have control of these facilities but there is ongoing fighting around the vicinity of the airport. now the general command is right at the back of the airport. so the, the fight and the battles right now around those areas is both for the airport control and the control of the general command. these areas are still being fought over. there's the presidential palace, the r s f says it's in control of that. the army disputes that and we have seen tanks rolling headed towards the direction of the presidenti

the army issued a rare public warning that the r s f was illegally mobilizing its forces around the country. r s f and army forces. now blame each other for starting the conflict. and both say they won't back down. earlier we crossed a hard tune to speak to christina ross, who works for the freakish aber foundation, a think tank there. she gave us an update on the situation on day 2 of the fighting . a salary seems to be used to. we hear a some low grumbling sounds and then sharper a 3rd are machine gun fire. they will fight to just overhead again. at least one internet provider seems to have caught the service. and people are also starting to get a bit nervous over the supply of drinking water and food. in many areas shops, i closed it also getting really hot here with more than 40 degrees celsius. so civilians having to shelter insight with no power to turn on a fan or open a window for fear of catching a stray bullet to really, really bad situation for many in this mega city. and that doesn't seem to be much awareness on the side of the warring parties over the situation of the civilians

r s f and army forces. now blame each other for starting the conflict and both say they won't back down. let's dive into this with adam of a heart, a berlin based human rights activist from sedan. thank you so much for taking the time to join us and give us a test. what are you hearing from your friends and family in sit down about how the situation looks today on day 2. today i was talking with somebody this morning and i still telling in the ground there was a fighting going on really hard normally is more than yesterday, especially when i thought of things as of last evening as a day, a lot of people who's living in the area where does this come for the military or the it was armies are already starting leaving their home because they are afraid of a strike who is going on since yesterday evening. but also it's important to caesar to all of us. we see it already. that is, what at the attack this morning in of quite of military where there's also one big building. it's already been down as it, which is go

were the signs the past couple of days with increased merger presence on the streets as well as the r f s. so the r s f, you know, wanting more more autonomy. but there was also some discussion of them being incorporated into the army at some point. could you break down the situation in a, in a, in a minute, 4 hours or so martin, what was, was, what was it stemmed from it stem from frustration from the earth, which is a brutal militia which came about bush's rain to, to quash the uprising. a door for which was about 3 and a 1000 deaths, to enough people displace. this is a brutal shot which was wanted to integrate itself into the regular army to have its own status and power based. it had a number of agreements signed with the government with the military, and i should say of albert, but it's not enough and they're frustrated. they will more power. and i think this is what come to had. they recently disagreed on how to go about the process of reintegrating them. so there is a certainly a belief on the left side that when push comes to show they could take control of the country. and they

general intelligence is calling the r s f, a rebel group. when we hear statements like that dahlia, it must be very worrying for the path that the country is on for the unity of the country. at this point. it is it's, it's actually it's, it's frightening. it's not just worry, it's frightening because they literally reached the point of no return. this latest escalation shows that all the talk, all the negotiations have fallen black. they have failed miserably. because until yesterday night we, we were reading and being and being told that an agreement happened between both sides, between the hours and the army. so then to wake up this morning and here are these crashes goes, it is just points a finger that we don't know what's going to happen next. so far they have mean we have, i haven't heard of any casualty civilian casualties, nor of person army personal casualties. but it is between them and, and we, the people are the ones caught in the middle. and cartoon is a very densely populated city. it's not open spaces, so a, so anything that c

the paramilitary rapid support forces are r. s. f is accusing the army of directly targeting civilians, but the army says the r s. f. troops are hiding in civilian areas and using people as human shields. and after nearly 2 weeks of fighting, the arissa field commander thay bare troops control areas in the south east of the capitol. the battle has intensified around hot tomb airport. and the fight for information has become just as crucial here. the r f f says it's maintains its presence a is on to all those listening to any false rumors that are a so far you control of the general command or the airport. we are now inside, both facilities are divided, but through dance, army denies giving up. our food we did was no g, as you can see from the green square. up to this point, there is nothing but the army personnel there now combing the area for our i said fighters the army released video of what it says are rapid support for his fighters, surrendering in an for sugar stora in the southeast. ah, and a general meeting troops in the main

now the atmosphere in the city is less aggravated after the armed forces bombarded r. s f. positions that i think this is the calm before the storm. as the r s f stated, they will dispatch their forces here. when neighboring shot has closed his borders with sudan, several nations including russia, are also concerned about the escalation undock holding for sci fi. the dramatic events taking place in sudan cause serious concern in moscow. we call on the parties to the conflict, to show political will and restraint and take urgent steps towards a cease fire. we proceed from the fact that any disagreements can be settled through negotiations. we've heard among some of the other i neighboring countries. for instance, we've heard in egypt, foreign ministry coming out of the statement thing that the edge both parties to de escalate and move into a state that would allow for negotiation and allow for progress to be made towards a transitional government. egypt is full when with great concern, the developments in sudan with the ongoing crushes there. it calls on also any spots stil

calling for a sci fi, and so don was wanting crutches, have a rope to between the local army and the r s f r a military group. also this our aah with japanese prime ministers evacuated after a loud explosion. why spoke ropes? in an area where he was set to speak, a suspect, i've been defamed, and the united states needs to stop encouraging more and start talking about peace . it is necessary for the european union to start talking about those president criticize of the west virginia to stop in his words, adding fuel to the war and ukraine as he wraps up his trip to china with watching r t international. almost been a busy news day with one story, 2 done dominating the headlines. my name is peter scott and welcome to the program . so we start this all with breaking news from sudan were intense. cautious of a rob said between the sudanese army and the rapids, support forces paramilitary group in the nation's capital. the r s. f forces claim they've occupied the job all aaliyah based in south western cartoon. but those are reportedly taking place near the palace of the republic, the army comm

so understand the difference between the army and this r s. f rapid support forces and how they lead by 2 figures who independent of each other to some degree. well, you have to look at the origin of the rapid support 4th of their support. 4th, it was officially established in 2013, but they've been fighting into what can we get up there for wait, before that 10 years before that in fact, when they were fighting against urban forces alongside the army. now in 2013, they became on official a fighting group. i, again, i don't know if you can hear how long this is obviously would then abby, this is within the presidential palace that we can definitely confirmed because of the vicinity and how loud it is. and it looks like a heavy, heavy gunfire between the 2 sides. but then again, let's return to the rapid support forces that they have been established officially in 2015 to be under the head of the intelligence bag then, but around 2018, they were placed under the commander of the armed forces, who was president machine. back then in 2018 in 2019,

it's an algebra, which is where the central reserve forces have actually joined air already to the r s f. and the r s app actually i said that they should withdraw their forces and not participate in that attack. that's another area. and it's important obviously just to the heating and i what happens? you're north of gar, jim b, that's where the cold my eyes are, including the russian nat company go much and i've left her front mind right now. i mean, the terry ministry has made the parameters of, of the role of the central reserve forces clear to secure public and private property. the question is, will be the amount of force that they use to protect these locations. be enough to deal with either the r s f or the army if they come into contact with them. well, i think that down obvious is going to be have to be heavy handed using force in order to really vanquishing defeat diarra. and i think at the, they're not really expecting that the central reserve police intervention is going to lead to a short term fixed. in fact, i think the obviously brands were still looking towards the long t

they r s f says it needed 10 years. while the army wants only to hippa, morgan has more from cartoon. well, there's been lots of tensions between the hours of and the military, especially since talks to form a transitional. civilian government started in december, november, and december of last year. now we've been hearing statements from the head of the r a sofa months after the military took over power and being a, to your transitional government, saying that that tick over was a mistake. and that there should be a political consensus with when the talks came to the integration of the r s f into the army. there was a differences of how long that should take the army wanted 2 years. various have wanted 10 years. then there's the issue of the command center. they are self wants to fall under the command of the civilian government, while the army wants the r s f, a to fall under its command. so these differences have caused these kind of tensions that we're seeing right now with reinforcements from both sides with bowers

to dance army and the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces all r s f. have turn their guns on each other. just months after signing a deal to risk to living room. the violence is already seen schools of death left the cities airport and top military buildings. badly scarred concern is mounting internationally about what this violence means for the stability in sudan and the region. speaking on the side lines of a g 7 summit in japan, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin cooled fur, return to peace with raleigh, help you again across all of our partners on the need for an immediate cease fire. and a returned to toss talks that were very promising in putting sudan on the path to a full transition to civilian. let the government of people in sedan want the military back in the bears. they want democracy. they want us to italy like government sedan needs to return to their path. the clutches are interruption of a long simmering power struggle between the army and the r s. f. he 1st joined forces to alst former dictator, oma al busha in 2019 former prime

r s f and army forces. now blame each other for starting the conflict and both say they will back down. patrick i and as a journalist and juba and sounds, and dan, i spoke to him just as that temporary cease fire was coming to an end. he told me what he knew about the current situation in st. dan. yes, what we are hearing is that people are still very much scared, of course, fighting or not your resume as we speak now. and the issue with us also the in the sense that anything that we teach across. so it's also the needs, but definitely i have relatives in so don, who are very much scared. and what we are hearing is that the 3 hours of the sci fi has provided a lot of opportunities. number one, there was to do and was talking school. because in sudan, saturday on sunday are working days, students go to school. so yesterday we're fighting started some students what ready in school do us practice in school since saturday, and now we be small window, the money to return to their own homes number to maybe call w

on 1st day r. s f forces were seen moving in the capital hot home while those in murder we remained in position. so dan, once again looks to be far from stupid. hey, bill morgan, i'll just 0 up to are gonna has become the 1st country to approve a new vaccine for malaria. there was such a calling a world changer. the vaccine known as r 21 cannot be used on children age between 5 and 36 months. that will help illness session is also considering approving the vaccine. you know, a black lab report researchers are calling at a turning point in the struggle against malaria. in a global 1st garner has approved a vaccine against the mosquito borne disease. the united nation says more than $600000.00 people die from the disease each year. on average one child dies every minute. and it's children who faced the highest risk of death scientists, the oxford university in the u. k. say they've spent decades researching the vaccine. and gone on is the 1st african country where it will be used and on young children be

repeatedly warning that sudan is at a crossroads and that it is on the edge asked where the head of the r s f, as per the army, and the political parties, both of the r s f and the military are armed. so we're not talking about is the normal political terminals that we see here in the country where we see economic crisis as a result of those terminals. we're talking actually about a fighting between the 2 sides at which could lead to a civil war and to civilian casualty. or i have a thanks for that. i had more reported more from cartoon. so what is susan's rapid support forces? the unit was formed in 2013 to fight arm groups in the door for a region. it was later used in crackdowns on anti government protests. they are a serf lead to the respond, let the response i should say, to riley's in khartoum in june 2019 in which a 123 people were killed and hundreds were injured. last month, torn between the per military unit and the army fail to reach an agreement on when it would be integrated into the armed forces. the arissa says it needs 10 years while the army wants only to lose her is the fina

monday, adding to the growing number of civilian deaths, the paramilitary rapid support forces or r s f, is accusing the army of directly targeting civilians. but the army says b r. s. f. troops are hiding in civilian areas and using people as human shields. and after nearly 2 weeks of fighting, the arissa field commander thie, bear troops control areas in the south east of the capitol. the battle has intensified around hot tomb airport and the fight for information has become just as crucial. here the r f says it's been its presence to all those listening to any false rumors that are as far as control of the general command or the airport. we are now inside both facilities but to dance army denies giving up our was, as you can see from the green square up to this point, there is nothing but the army personnel there now combing the area for r s. f fought, is the army release to be deal up with it says are rapid support for the fighters, surrendering, and especially in the south east. and the general meeting truth in the main command of the army and the conflict has led to a major humani

they're now combing the area for r. s. f fought, is the army release to be deal up with it says are rapid support for the fighters, surrendering and then push over in the south east. and the general meeting truth in the main command of the army and the conflict has led to a major humanitarian crisis. millions of people in the capital are trapped in their homes with power outages, no running water and lack of food. the chaos has spread to state prison where hundreds of inmates from probate, national prism have escaped. 5 other consider prism and were captured by arthur be while the fighting reaches on those who can are trying to flee. several countries including italy, france, germany, and jordan, are the latest to pull out their diplomatic staff and foreign nationals with no one to rescue them. for any civilians are taking matters into their own hands to find safety. some travelling by bus to cross into egypt getting out of the bomb was definitely the most difficult part of this entire journey. having to go through would be

the r s f says it's ready to observe a 72 hour truce and blamed the army for the continuing violence. it's tweeted at this moment when citizens are preparing to receive the 1st day of eat al fitter the neighborhoods have caught tumor waking up to the bombings of aircrafts and heavy artillery in a sweeping attack. that is directly targeting residential neighborhoods. 330 kilometers north of the capital in mary, people are hoping to celebrate the end of the fasting month of ramadan, as they usually would with large family gatherings. they too have been caught up in the violence, but the army says it's now in control of the airport and the military base attached to it. i am the lead on god. the country is safe, the situation is stable and the shops have reopened. now we were able to bring the children to the market for eat clothes and hopefully we were able to make them happy. days of fighting have left many sudanese, desperate, and afraid tens of thousands of people have left the capital. many have already arrived in neighboring chad. a vast majority of these people are women and childr

but the r s f is fighting to gain control of that airport from the armed forces. we do understand also from staff working at the state television that the state television is now under the command, the control of the rapid support forces. there was fighting around its vicinity. some of the staff who spoke to say they could hear gunfire outside the station, but right now the state television, at least inside the se, television, there are troops from the rapid support forces taking control of, of the state, television and of its programming. so lots of developments happening here and all of this just in the past 4 to 5 hours, the people say that this was going to be another saturday and of the weekend that would be able to carry on with their lives as normal, getting ready for eve but instead they woke up to fighting between the rapid support forces and the army days after an escalation intentions between the 2 sides . as you say, but we've been getting for the last few hours, constructing reports from either side about what has been happening and who holds what, wh

s. is trying to stress it was involved in a broker in the following an intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the us, the a f, a r s f 2 immediately and fully uphold the c spot. but there is another element to that is the u. s says it's setting up some sort of unit involving regional international partners quite to assist in the creation of a committee to oversee the negotiation. conclusion, an implementation of a permanent cessation of hostilities and humanitarian arrangements in sit down. so the u. s. tried to show now that it is actively involved in trying to broker stability and i'm sure there's been some debates about the late evacuation of americans caught up in the fighting. does washington really know what's going on in the country? i think that's why we're saying this sort of terminology and the state of the thing now that we are involved, you're right, but even on monday we had white house. it'll say, well look, no one could have seen the fighting happen. fighting the fighting was coming of a sudden and the question raised, why couldn't you see that the fighting was coming if not with the cia and all th

of the presidential palace and that's the scene of intense fighting and confrontation between the r s f and the army. the general command of the army is right now under the control of the army themselves, but there's a presidential palace which is under the control of the r s f and which the army is trying to regain control of. the you in says 50000 sudanese, have flayed the turmoil at home from neighboring countries. 75000 people are internally displaced. foreign governments are also still pushing to evacuate the nationals from sudan by land and sea. the survivors of a massacre and the keener faso have blamed security forces for an attack last week . they say gunman killed at least $145.00 people in the northern village of comma and surrounding areas. the government has blamed groups linked to iso and al qaeda for the right police are looking for a suspect in cleveland, texas. after a man shot did 5 of his neighbors, and the rest warrant has been issued for for francisco auto plaza. the 39 year old mexican national police say the victims all home germans had asked him to stop firing gr

now the atmosphere in the city is less aggravated after the armed forces bombarded r. s f positions that i think this is the calm before the storm. as the r s f stated, they will dispatch their forces here with the u. n. world food program says it's been forced to suspend its operations in sudan after 3 of its workers were killed in clashes. i'm at abu shar, from the sudanese doctors trade union told us that medical services are being blocked from delivering aid to civilian victims of the violence. the want to tell you the situation on crisis is very still very because yes, because most of the bridge are still blocked by your medical. you know, there smells, and some of them are even brought by gangs, and there is no access to the main major hospitals or 92 and a medical personnel. they can't get to station on the medical for one tv that also cannot cause abilities to go to the hospitals or the medical center. there are some reports, especially in the south courtroom. now some get courses are still on the street and having being taken away. not only are those well which be

i agreement between the saf and the r s f? ~ , ., ~ agreement between the saf and the r s f? een the saf and the r sf? ~ , ., , , s f? i think it broke down because, in essence. — s f? i think it broke down because, in essence, none _ s f? i think it broke down because, in essence, none of _ s f? i think it broke down because, in essence, none of the _ s f? i think it broke down because, in essence, none of the military - in essence, none of the military bodies were actually committed to handing over power to the civilians. that seems clear now. they said they were, they sign the agreement and they have renamed on the agreement. so they have already mounted a coup against the transition to civilian rule. that was in 2021. the latest fighting is because they have fallen out over the issue of the integration of the rsf into the armed forces. the official armed forces wanted to do that within two years, the rsf wanted to take ten years. years, the rsf wanted to take ten ears. , ., ., , ., years. sorry, i apologise for interrunting. _ years. sorry, i apologise for interrupting, on

the head of the army and his deputy, the head of the r s. f. have shied power in su down since 2021 and signed to deal with political parties in december 2022 to forge a path toward civilian rule. however, they disagree on key issues and these tensions erupted interferes. clashes on saturday. kenya's president william rito, is the latest leader to voice concerned that the violence could escalate and sudan and spill beyond its borders. there is really danger. got the escalation of we'll see you soon. so don, good implicated, external regional and international act, us on degenerate into a security and humanitarian crisis on our disastrous scale. several countries are trying to evacuate their citizens from sudan, but with the main app, putting cartoon closed and also damaged by the fighting. this is proving to be no easy task. sidney's political analyst allude hi, gave us an update on the situation at hotmail. that is been very loud. bombing for the 5th day running to date was and particularly bad. it started around a 3 to 4 am in different parts

r s f and army forces. now blame each other for starting the conflict and both say they won't back down. we can now speak to journalist patrick are yeah . and who is monitoring developments from juba and south sedan? so patrick, we know that there was this cease fire for only 3 hours in sudan, which just ended a short while ago. what are you hearing about the current situation in the country? yes. what we are hearing is that people are still very much scared. of course, fighting or not your resume as we speak now. and the issue with us also to anything that anything that we have relatives across. so it's also the need, but definitely i have relatives in so don who are very much scared and what we're hearing is that the 3 hours of the ceasefire has provided a lot of opportunities. number one, there was to do and was back in school because in sudan, saturday on sunday, our working days students go to school. so yesterday were fighting started. some students were ready in school. they were talking school since

the r s f and the army, blame each other for starting the conflict. and i'd say they were backed down journalists. patrick is in juba and south sudan. he told us about the situation in cartoon today. yeah, we've spoken to a number of people including relatives that we have in for don. all of us in south down are very concerned on possible level. but also of course, what we are hearing is that the fighting is around the airport and the fighting useful also around the presidential pilot. now somebody who has been in come to me like me, the airport in. so down in the capitol, the cartoon is actually in the middle of the city as well as the presidential palace is not far away from the apple is in the middle of the city. and this is the challenge because the fighting, if in the middle of the city, and many people of course are caught up in the houses sound on our food sound on our water. electricity is also be cut off to some, some homes because some of the lines going there have been destroyed by the bullet . so yeah, the fighting is, is ongoing. and he's

does the army need to make concessions to the r s f? bring them perhaps give them a larger slice of power, more control, more autonomy within the unified armed forces of what the of the future sedan ladies. yet our political interests that are engaged. you know, of course, because the behind the hospitalization of the army calling for an ip integration over 2 years, maximum of the, you know, that, but i mean it up to support forces in the army. we suspect that there are, you know, the loyalist of the phone, i'm going to machinery who feel more comfortable working behind the army. over the years infantry in the senior amount of down 40 not pointed members of the islamist movement to the amount of the army. and it is, it allows you believe this to them, that this is the form of a human loyalist using their indians within the higher amount of the army. do you know to any of the said confrontation with support forces the loyalist of this year? do not see as a form they can do. on the contrary, they see the 1st was responsible for the pollut

of the presidential palace and that's the scene of intense fighting and confrontations between the r s f and the army. the general command of the army is right now under the control of the army themselves. but there's the presidential palace, which is under the control of the r s f, and which the army is trying to regain control of. but there's another 3rd party that it's right now taking part in this fight between the r s f and the army. and that's the central reserve police. earlier this morning, the central reserve police, a unit of the police, was deployed on the streets of the capital, hard to him, to take care of the issue of insecurity that arose after prisons were broken into. and more than $20000.00 inmates were released. now the r s f says that is another party that is being added into the conflict and beings and fighting on the side of the army. and that that is something it would not accept. so as days go by, this conflict seems to be going on and on with people being affected, trapped in their homes, unable to leave, and the parties to the conflict growing wider and wider wi

now this r s f force is very powerful. it's very large. it has over a $100000.00 men at its disposal, a lot of significant weaponry. and it also, interestingly, you know, has its roots in the judge we'd militia, which lot of the listeners and viewers will remember where you know, instrument and quite a brutal civil war. in the early 2, thousands that militia was used by that. then president omar bashir ad to put down various rebellions on the borderlands as well. they were accused of significant civil rights and, and you know, quite brutal, perfect prosecution of this conflict. and a 2015 the or s f, along with the soon these are, they are now fighting in cartoon boat started to send troops into yemen as well. so it's a quite complicated regional conflict in fighting between 2 elements within the same in a group. they feel like, as they just jostle for position ahead of elections. now, you know, in 2017, they were legitimized by the cartoon government. and then subsequently took part in a to, to actually overturn to government. so you can

all r s f, they joined forces to oust form a dictator. omar bashir in 2019. now they have turned their guns on each other, just month after signing a deal to restore civilian rule. to be very honest, as a twin size, who are hygiene? i know you because he impression that's a want with you, nation or piece between them right away. or rather they are calling on the other side to ah, the other side, tricky route to cylinder or the other side to be disbanded. global and regional leaders of called on the warring parties to accept a ceasefire, but with neither the r s f or the army willing to back down. the deadly violence looks said to continue. journalist an analyst met nash covers the region and focuses on sudan earlier. he told us why this escalation, violence didn't come as a surprise. he's been quite well predicted, and i think that's a bit of a condemnation on the international community. why it's happening now? well, in the days leading up to the conflict, breaking out, there was a push from the international community and from civilian political leads to in

s. urges the f a r s. after immediately and fully uphold the sci fi tele, they've been, they've been lack of implementation in the past to support a durable end to the fighting. the u. s. will coordinate with regional and international partners. i'm sidney civilian stakeholders. to assist in the creation of a committee to oversee the negotiation conclusion and implementation of a permanent cessation of hostilities and humanitarian arrangements. and saddam will continue to work with these parties and partners towards the shad row of a goal of a return to civilian government and saddam. so that's addressing that they're all getting more involved now. they're setting up this body to try and look for a permanent sensation. the facilities. beyond that, we've had several administration officials talking about the evacuation of the remaining american citizens and saddam from 16000 last week. you know, i mean, it was a really tough message that they were giving them say look, they're on their own. we told them it

of deadly fighting has killed hundreds of people and devastated areas of the capital cartoon, the r s f, and the armed forces seized power to gather in a joint crew in 2021. but differences on how to govern lead to tensions that erupted in violence on saturday. so then most journalist mohammad how she told us why he was not surprised that the previous the fire was ineffective. there was always very optimistic to think that these 2 generals armies will, will allow for a truce to take place at 6 o'clock in the evening yesterday when, when the truth was meant to come into effect. that had to be an order, the sum shilling and fighting in various parts of the capital. it looks so that he is at the moment it appears that both generals are intent on, on, on, on continuing with military operations. spare reported that germany has canceled a planned evacuation of german citizens from sudan that according to local media, d, w political corresponded benjamin over his group or said the mission to deploy military aircraft to cartoon was aborted at the last minute. so it is the spiegel, that is repor

the r s f once a longer period, but there's the issue of the command itself. the arissa wants to fall under this, the, the civilian leadership that will be taking over during the transitional period. well, the military, once the command of the hours have to be under, it's under the military institution. and they want to make sure that the forces and the offices off b a, b r, s, f r, a, assessed before they're integrated into the army. so there are different opinions on how this integration and security sector reform should happen between the 2 sides. and that is what is leading to the point where we are right as where we are aware where i'm at right now with our forces from the rapid support forces moving in murray, where they're now stationed at the airport and the army saying that this is against their orders, and that's, that should withdraw from that area. something that is yet to happen, despite the fact that the army says it's will use force if it needs to, to move the arist of forces from the base near. they are near the airports and marry her, but the

the head of the army and his deputy, the head of the r s. f, have shared power in su down since 2021. and signed to deal with political parties in december 2022 to forge a path towards civilian rule. however, they disagree on key issues. and these tensions erupted interferes clashes on saturday. kenya's president william rito is the latest leader to voice concerned that the violence could escalate in sudan and spill beyond its borders. there is really danger that the escalation of both still a teaspoon. so don, good implicate, external regional and international act. us on degenerate into a security and humanitarian crisis on our disastrous scale. several countries are trying to evacuate their citizens from sudan, but with the main airport in cartoon, closed, and also damaged by the fighting. this is proving to be no easy task. i asked, followed her, managing director at the thing tank inside strategy. part of for her observations on what is happening in the capital following the field sees fire. there's been very loud bombing for the 5th day.

and the region. clashes aren't eruption of long simmering power struggle between the army and the r s. f, who 1st joined forces to oust former dictator omar alba, sheer and 20. 19 from her prime minister, abdullah hom dock worn of straying from suzanne's current political path. we have said good bye to dictate that she forever we can have the vessel. we can have setbacks, but we'll never be defeating yourself and the army, blame each other for starting the conflict and both say they won't. back down. journalists and analysts met nash covers the region and focuses specifically on su, done earlier, he told us why this escalation, violence didn't come as a surprise. it's been quite well projected, and i think that's a bit of a condemnation on the international community. why it's happening now. well, in the days leading up to the conflict, breaking out, there was a push from the international community and from civilian political leads to inc. final political deals that they believed would restore transition. the issue however, was that by and king and rushing to think this deal was going t

the regular army as fighting a key paramilitary group called the r s f. the military says that it is committed to a promise to transition to civilian rule, but will only accept the surrender of the r s f. the law gunfire and call to me as fighting goes on despite hopes for a cease fire. awe in a pre recorded message released to the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan. sedans, top general said the military still back to return to civilian rule subway. in an icicle, you are confident that we will overcome this ordeal with our training, wisdom and strength for preserving the security and unity of the state or loving us to be entrusted with the safe transition to civilian rule. one mother. still, many residents are making last minute attempts to leave sedans, capital city, people at this bus station, a trying to get on one of the few buses, still offering their services. oh my wonder what our mom, i'm praying for safety and that god in the bloodshed. we're praying, they reached an agreement and god ends bloodshed of all muslims are going on with hopes for

and regional leaders of called on the warring parties to accept a ceasefire, but with neither the r s f or the army willing to back down. the deadly violence looks set to continue. and we are joined now by more a theme with t got africa program director at the international crisis group. thank you so much for joining us. what worries you the most right now about the situation in sit down i think what's the worrying is that to return to the kids' been now you're right from the tough. did you buckle between 2 very well and they went to the site and taking plot place in the hard copy to look nearly 6000000 people in the height of ramadan. 40 degree sheet, electricity cuts up in many neighborhoods, you don't have what uploading. so it's a real you monetary and catastrophe with the potential to get why? because of the capacity in which official, like walk us through a little bit more about what is happening indeed on the humanitarian level and what it means for students, civilian population in particular access, as you've mentioned, things like essential food, water, medicine, sore, sudan is