economic crisis in sudan remains dire.hat is largely the resort to bully of international donors who are very slow in providing necessary assistance to stabilize the area. we have had debt rescheduling, debt relief, the beginnings of economic normalization. that can be credited to the civilian leadership. there is no chance the united states, european union, world bank and etc. are going to come and say we don't mind having the democratic transition torn up. the other option would be to get some cash in hand from the saudi's and the morales. -- saudis and emirates. this is not just call for dialogue but it called for a return to the constitutional agreement of 2019. i think it is not likely that the arab league would have gotten very much out of step with the egyptians. it is unclear to me where possible foreign financial support for general burhan's ap proach will come from. >> there are different key players from the eu denouncing the decisions made by burhan. could this become sanctions? >> i think burhan would not have

today, there is no freedom, peace or justice in sudan.ter: tensions between military and civilian politicians reached a low point this week after an attempted coup. when it took power two years ago, the transitional government must to fix decades of mismanagement, internal conflict and international sanctions. but it has yet to demonstrate to the people of sudan that it can undo damage by the former regime, kickstart the struggling economy and move the country to a genuine democratic governance. >> we need to revamp and strengthen government institutions, especially our weakened institutions of justice. only then will we stop worrying about who rules sudan. reporter: against all odds, the young people are working to topple -- the young people work to topple the former regime and they are now threatened by infighting and squabbling. they are once again finding themselves trying hard to get their voices heard. [protesters chanting] these protesters are angry that those who died during protests three years ago are yet to get justice. public

in south sudan. i've been so far deepening the relations epitomized by several high level visit and initiatives in support of each other's piece processes . these include the start off piece talks in juba between the government of sudan and a function of, of that as is he lou, it's sudan, peoples, the british and movement. s p. m, north on 26. may the launch of south sudan permanent goes addition making process as well as efforts to help raise the in fighting between river factions of the s p l m in a position which could unravel the peace process in south so that crucially, president, kia and prime minister hom dog reached an agreement to resume export and bought a trade. in this regard they agreed to re open border crossing points between the 2 countries. however, the launch did not materialize. having been overtaken by the 4 and 14 events in sudan. said president, the 2 countries agreed on a roadmap to review and follow up on implementing implementing all 2012 corporation agreements. we've timelin

nuala: let's turn to sudan.ountry's top general has defended the military take over as necessary to prevent a civil war. the general spoke to journalists 24 hours after he dissolved the civilian government, declared a state of emergency, and arrested the civilian pri minister. here is what else he said. >> the prime minister was staying at his home, but we were afraid he would be harmed. he is now staying with me at my home. we were sitting together yesterday evening, and he is carrying on with his life normally. he will rurn home when the crisis is over and all threats are gone,, but for now he is staying with me at my home. nuala: on monday, the general announced the end of a power-sharing deal with civilian leaders, who had been leading sudan's democratic transition since the ousting of omar al-bashir. thousands took to the streets to demand a return to civilian rule. protesters burned tires and blocked roads. we are told 10 people died when soldiers opened fire. despite the unrest, the protests continued for

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>> the most important thing is to keep eyes on sudan.ycles, attention might be moved to somewhere else. sedans revolution of 2019 brought hope to the region. it was celebrad as one othe greatest -- people power in recent times. it is important to pay attention to what is happening in sudan. i do think the biden administration is paying more attention or the democratization in sudan -- if this were the trump administration, we would see something completely different. keep an eye's on sudan democracynow.org [indiscernible] amy: isma'il kushkush is an independent sudanese-american journalist lived in khartoum for years, now based in d.c.. coming up come the tragic shooting death of some of talk for -- cinematographer halyna hutchins. we will talk with the former head of the union local. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "diamonds & rust" by joan baez. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we look at the tragic shooting death of cinematographer halyna hutchins during the filming of "rust" last thursday in new mexico.

sudan is a country with many ethnicities, tribes and coalitions.y have taken part in the revolution. but many say they are not represented in the current transitional government. the prime minister has described the current crisis as the most dangerous in sudan's history, and has called for dialogue. so far, that has yet to happen. peter: tensions between the military and civilian sides of the suit on's government have increased since -- sudan's government have increased since last month attempted coup. there have been calls for replacement of the cabinet. support for the transitional government has dropped in recent months after it slashed fuel subsidies and inflation soared. while those that back a civilian leadership have accused the armed forces of wanting to take back control. ♪ let's bring in our guests. joining us from khartoum is mubarak ardol from the democratic alliance for social justice. we have waleed madibo, president of the sudan policy for imputed and also -- policy forum. and also hajooj kuka, an award-winning film maker. it has be

the military staged a coup d'etat in sudan. parliament is being dissolved, partial -- politicians are arrested as thousands take to the streets to denounce the takeover. there are multiple reports of gunfire across the country. our regional correspondent will be with us in a few moments. they have changed a slanderous remarks says recep tayyip erdogan, who has you turned on a decision to dispel 10 diplomats from turkey. diplomats have openly supported the jail the civil society and week ahead of theop26 in london, there are fea countries will not beble to pledge required funds to tackle urgentlimate change as world meteorological organization calls for -- says greenhouse gas emissions has hit a new record high. thank you very much for joining us live on the program. we start in sudan where a bloody coup d'etat is underway. local reports confirming the military has taken control of the country. the civilian branch of the sudanese government has been dissolved and politicians have been arrested. this latest a people comes just on

and in that case of sudan, and what was south sudan, there is truth to that but i think what needs tothe military is that there is significant feeling of support that the military has — whether tacit or not — support from the region, from egypt, from the uae, from the saudis and likely russia, that they will be supported financially and diplomatically on the world stage. there needs to be direct language, public and privately, that that it is not a valid assumption, that they overturn the transition and the constitutional order and that cannot stand. we have seen these pictures of hundreds, thousands of people on the streets, especially in the capital khartoum. is there concern that this violence will spread? i think there is, personally. i think today was sort of behind—the—scenes, not reported on, was there were significant acts of violence against protesters, in areas far outside of khartoum. there was some pretty horrific video of protesters being dispersed with live fire in darfur. other protests were met with violence by the red sea. these places don't get a lot of international

. ♪ >> we begin with developments in sudan where six diplomatic figures have been removed from theirost following monday's coup. state television into don reports that the army chief stood -- took down the ambassadors to the united states, the european union, china, qatar and france, as well as the head of the consulate in geneva. there have been growing demands for the military to reverse the government takeover, and a group of western envoys has met. he asked the prime minister and they say he's well, but there are still concerns for the millions of people in the country dealing with an economic crisis and a shortage of basic goods. here is the report. >> these roadblocks on the streets and neighborhoods around sudan's capital are now a common site. once used to keep out security forces during antigovernment protests against the president in 2019, they have become a symbol of rejection of monday's military coup. and on the third day of the military takeover, the city where the revelation over flu, people were back on the street. protesters have called for a general strike and civil

we need to see the prime minister of sudan returned. we need to see a reversal of this who we need to see them use restraint and not, not threatened to arrest, detain, and kill innocent civilians, peaceful demonstrators who care about democracy, who want to see democracy who trusted and had the, gave their legitimacy to the prime minister, we need to see a reversal of this coo and we need to see international international and all community stand up and stand behind the civilian transitional government, unequivocally. how does it do now? how does it do that? how does that apply? but that sort of pressure on the military leaders. sure that just wanted to dig the heels even further off. we need to see sanctions as against baraha and her matee. now targeted sanctions against baraha and her med t. now we need to see that they demand immediately to return our, the prime minister, and to reverse this, who now the language must be stronger. they need to be on the far on speaking to individuals or who are on the ground and sudan who are making

laura: in sudan, a military. coup is underway. prime minister has been arrested and at least three people are dead. plus, meet the triplets who are ambassadors to a global summit on climate change. at just eight years oldhey are trying to conserve our planet. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in afghanistan, which the united nations says is counting down to catastrophe with millions facing starvation. since the taliban seized control, the international aid that props up the economy has slowed as world leaders debate ho deal with the regime. families have told the bbc they have to sell their own babies to get money for food. our correspondent, cameraman, and producer have been to an afghan city and are warning their report contains disturbing images right from the start. >> this is what starvation does to a country, to its tiniest lives. fix month-old usman. afghanistan was barely surviving before the taliban took over, but now foreign funds which propped up this country have been frozen, putting a

those two powers have blocked statements on sudan. there have been complaints from human rights groups about this being a closed security council meeting. they say and open meeting would send a stronger message to the military in sudan. the secretary-general will be briefing the council and is expected to echo the words of get terrorist who said geopolitical divides are preventing the security council from taking strong measures and those divides are creating an environment in which some military leaders feel they have total impunity and can do whatever they want because nothing will happen to them. he has appealed to the big powers to show unity against what he is calling and epidemic of coup d'etat's. it will be interesting to watch the three african countries in that council and most important to watch is kenya, whether it will come out with a strong incision. so far, it has not. anchor: the latest from the u.n. , where the security council is discussing sudan. we are watching the develop it's there and on the ground. we will bring

let's talk about communications in sudan for a moment. the internet definitely being throttled at the moment. net logs, which i've got here just shows you this is the last 2 days where you've been at 100 percent connectivity and then down immediately, very quickly, i should say to 25 percent. and that was oh for 30 g m t and it is now. 0800 g m t and the situation has not changed at all. right. hey, but morgan, though is on the phone from cartoon, still managing to use phones for now. hipaa bring us up to date. yes, come on. we're still on the streets looking at processes the pick up, so going barricades and you can hear them chanting against the military, saying that they will not go back on their revolution that says the tires. there's anger on the streets, but there's also panic, lots of people lining up in front of bakeries and patrol station. and that's because of the uncertainty of the situation. we've spoken to them. they say that they don't know what's happening, largely because of the internet shut down and the restriction in tel

for dar for sudan, a warm welcome to both. let's start if we can with alex, why are people so wired about the transition in sudan that they've come out on train, some of them from around the country to protest to the capital? well, the immediate spark for this was their report of the 2 attempt about a week ago. but if it was a crew attempt, it was an extraordinarily amateurish. ready want and what it really revealed was not so much the fragility of the regime to the potential come back of a former islam, but more the power of the military within this delicate balance between the, the army and the civilians. it, one of the responses of some of the civilian leaders to the events was, we are more worried about the, the army supposedly, and government supposedly defending us than we are about the threat of a qu makers. so what it shows is potentially the sudan might follow the trajectory of its historic transitions back in 1964 back in 1985, where you had a civilian uprising, a period of democratic rule. and then the army took pow

and she was seeing the us special envoy in sudan like the u. s. congress. moving. and we're seeing the, the, the world bank making cereals, interest growing. yeah. let's hope that they will be able to salvage the revolution for now. let's thank our gas sardine zane and alex the wall and thank you to for watching. you can see the show again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion head over to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. can also join the conversation on twitter. our handle is at a j inside story. from me, sam is a dan and the whole team here now is good bye. ah ah october oh, now jesse, i'm doing vaccine inequality to the political and economic impact. the latest development at the corona virus pandemic continues to spread across the globe. democracy, major, inexpensive new series explored the ever growing challenges to democracy around the world. former book in athens, president, blaze come pouring goes on 5 for the assassination of it's free to separate common current context, india,

and she was seeing the us special envoy in sudan like the u. s. congress. moving. and we're seeing the, the, the world bank making serious interest growing. yeah. let's hope that they will be able to salvage the revolution for now, let's thank our guest thought dean, as zane and alex the wall. and thank you for watching. you can see the show again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion head over to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. can also join the conversation on twitter. our handle is at a j inside story. from me, sam is a dan and the whole team here. now, let's go by discarded clothes from rich nations are funneled to charities and sold to impoverished nations. on an unprecedented scale, a massive industry sift through the unwanted garments to resell to some of the world's poorest inhabitants. but much of what arrives is unfit for purpose and is fueling and environmental catastrophe. people empower travis to gonna to uncover the dirty secret behind the world's fashion addiction. that w

maryam: what has been the reacti from sudan's neighbors so far?ey issued a statement saying it is watching the events closely and it did see the military foreseen in 2019 and there has not been much reaction from kenya, a security council member. you would think that would be some reaction. but the international government of developme is the chair of also finds itself in an awkward position. it has followed the events closely, but without the authority of the sudanese prime minister, it is do to the situation. maryam: what do we know about this top general on what his aspirations might be? beverly: for a long time the military's been angling to stay in power. the transition was decided on in 2019. think about the fact that many of them were allies of the former president omar al-bashir, who is supposed to be at least as far as the reports have gone come extradited. is the possibility that some of th is to also protect members the army who had been ose to basr and who -- and the othepolitical power josh rushing --jostling. maryam: how are proteste

many people in sudan have been expecting a transition to democracy. it was promised by the country's generals and civilian leaders who have shared power for nearly 2 years. but that's been thrown into uncertainty following a military coup sedans. army declared a state of emergency dissolved the governing council and arrested many political leaders. prime minister of the law ham duke is among those detained pro democracy supporters have called for protests, setting the stage for a possible show down with the armed forces, internet and mobile phone services were shut down and the airport closed ministry chief opted for to hannibal. hans cited political him fighting for the military intervention. his pledged to hold elections as shuttled in 2023. how much is this? yeah, i mean to god, we dissolve the sovereign counsel and the cabinet and we'll put an end to the mares jobs. and under secretaries and the state governors will revise everything and will take decisions to watch everything. we urge every one to abide by the agreement of job 2020. we stress and

was staying with the sudan, lead sir, bringing raga. mccauley. she's a political commentator, an editor of the book series african arguments. thanks for joining us. oh, thank you for. first, the, all you in touch with people in sudan, can you give us a sense of what's going on on the ground, particularly given these developments of the prime minister has now been allowed to return to his residence? well, the situation remains the same. there is an intermittent internet availability, but otherwise it is a complete blackout. um from what i hear, it's been heavy crackdowns on protesters in the street. so you could hear the sounds of heavy artillery used in the streets of cartoon for sometimes for longer than 10 minutes. and the kind of videos that we've been receiving shows an extreme and use of violence by government forces against on civilians and death toll it on the rise. there are many, many injured and yeah, we do get the impression, of course, that in recent months, at least, if not longer than that of the international community, it started

sudan's civilian leaders and their military counterparts have been at odds since sudan's previous militaryaring agreement was designed to steer sudan towards democracy, — but that's proven fragile. there have been a number of failed coup attempts previously — the most recent was just over a month ago. last week sudan's prime minister warned of a �*dangerous crisis�*. regardless, some in sudan doubt the coup will succeed. here�*s the director of the human rights group, justice africa sudan. we have been in military rule 5a years out of our 65 years of independence. the military rules have actually run sudan down in the last 65 years. this is why i don�*t think we want to repeat that. democracy given the chance to revive and survive in sudan. that is why my generation have seen what freedom means, it means economy, good education and health and no corruption and they cannot accept to go back again to the same old regime of corruption, dictator, torture, they are determined that they will fight back and they start the fighting before even general burhan and now his statement. and the fighting

anchor: roadblocks remain, tensions high in sudan. >> the fragmentation prompted armed forces to step in. ♪ anchor: this is "al jazeera" live from london. 1.5°, but the reality is the world could warm by double. more is needed to prevent disaster. charging brazil's president with crimes against humanity over his approached the pandemic, the senate votes, the results expected soon. there is something unpleasant on britain's beaches. a public outcry has forced a u-turn on thousands of liters of sewage. the roadblocks in place, sudan's capital, after political pressure turned into a military coup. demonstrators returned to the streets after protest monday. the internet is down. military sources say the prime minister has been taken to his residence. the man who led the coup acted to avoid a civil war. we have this report. correspondent: it was not a coup. that is the message from the sudanese leader, who overthrew the government on monday. he says he took power to help the transition to democracy and avoid a civil war. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we have experienced a b

the military coup in sudan october 25th. and the development of the sovereignty council is a big setback for the democratization process. and should i'm following the december revolution, it raises fears that land may be returning to this vicious cycle of civilian war followed bad news. hey, war followed by a popular uprising. this is not to say that there are no legitimate criticism. so the performance of the transitional government in the past 2 years, but also raises questions as to why the merging retarded misses, say to take such an action that this time, the spices declared positions of countries like united states. and more importantly they, she turned out spanish posters on october 24th. when he 1st. yeah, rose she, at the october revolution indicating that the overwhelming majority of studies will no longer accept from us who. this is the question mark. her many people watching from outside of sudan however, is so now what happens, what will happen with the protest if you are out on the street? i know that you are d

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so to be part of the new sudan got the sudan of democracy, freedom and justice. we cannot be dictated to by any particular party or faction. we extend all appreciation to iran and the brother and friends of sir dan, who have always been supporting our country for the success of our transition period. we suck all you salute, our people, the fortitude for your fortitude and patience, and we salute the personnel of the regular armed forces who are guarding the land. as skies of the sudan may god accepted his mercy, the fallen martyrs, and grand sweet speeds recovery to the are injured to law. thank you very much. but in the lrc, not at the high level. sir. deborah general abdel fatter elbow hunt sedans, military leader speaking, following the military's takeover of su down on monday. the most important thing of note, i think to come out of that, that statement was that the country is going to be run by an independent technocrat government until elections in july 2023. that's bringing out as he was hipaa morgan in khartoum, who was listening with us to word that stat

and south sudan. and during that many un officials express concerned that the situation cartoon could negate progress made between the 2 countries. and certainly many council members took the opportunity to condemn the take over i n and call for further action. the united states said it was completely unacceptable. but again, no unified message from the counsel, yet discussions are going on behind closed doors to reach some sort of consensus and how to respond to the crisis there. and we did here for the 1st time from the sudanese representative to the united nation. he's a counselor, not an ambassador mohammed, mom. do. mohammad speaking to the counsel didn't dress the take over directly, but he did call on the international community to help a little bodily food. don, cut up some delegations have expressed their concerns as to what is currently happening in sudan. and while understanding their concerns, we would reiterate the need for the international community and the security council. more specif

s. removed sudan from its list of terror entities. this a massive advancement in terms of its relationship, but now with events taking place, that relationship beginning to freeze somewhat. my dear insecurity counselled you to discuss the situation later. what if anything, can they do? well really not very clear at that particular point. as you say, the security council will be meeting in the course of the afternoon. this is a closed door meeting out what will be discussed obviously is good. precisely that what measures can the security council take possibly will they will be discussing the threat of sanctions that is one of the few with and said they will have remembering to that the un has been deeply involved in the transition to democracy in sudan are regarded as one of the success stories, in fact. so this, of course of putting a break on that particular process you and has now got to decide whether it's going to take some form of punitive measure. and exactly what bull met punishment would take out a 0. my kind of reporting live

again on camels, santa maria here in dover with continuing life coverage on al jazeera of events in sudan. prime minister. hm, doc has said to have been moved to an unknown location after refusing to issue a statement, in support of the military's actions protested, denouncing the detentions of filled the streets and blocking a main bridge in the capital. and we continued to wait to hear from the head of sedans, the sovereign counsel, general abdel fata out, but a ha ah, 11 am now in sudan with thousands of people of flooded the streets after the military detained a number of ministers and civilian officials. starting right at the top, the prime minister, abdullah, hum doc, the ministry of culture in information and says he's been taken to an unknown location because he refused to speak in support of the military's actions. but it's all happening on the streets where troops of block roads and bridges into the capital cartoon. that was the tutti bridge in downtown cartoon, internet, and mobile phone services down the airports, closed t, v and radio headquarters were rated earlier as well.

itrailien khartoum and around sudan. when ou sa khartoum and around sudan.around sudan. when you say more pressures _ khartoum and around sudan. when you say more pressures needed, what form it should take? there is a concern that withholding money doesn't affect the military, it affects real people on ground. that's correct. in that case of sadhana what was south sudan, there is truth to that but i think what needs to be told directly to the general of the military is that there are significant feelings of support that the military has, whether tacit or not. supporting the region, egypt, the uae, the saudis and potentially russia that they will be supported financially, diplomatically on the world stage. there needs to be language, publicly, that it isn't a valid assumption, that they overturned the constitutional order and it cannot stand. we have seen images of hundreds of thousands of people on the streets, many in khartoum. is the concern that will spread? i think that is, personally. today was sort of behind—the—scenes, not reported on — significant ac

what's happening in sudan very closely. kristen, just how concerned is the international community? yes. well, secretary general antonio terrace was quick to condemn the moved by the military and call for the release of prime minister hom doc. the high commission of human rights michel boshoway was also quick to condemn the events on the ground in sudan . the reaction from member states here at the united nations, i has ranged from expressions of grave concern to outright condemnation. the concern coming from china and russia, more strong words coming from the united states, the united kingdom i and norway, which are the pen holders. so to speak on sudan in the security council, but they are meeting behind closed doors at this hour. some members of the security council have not even gotten back to new york from a trip to africa at this stage in the fact that their meeting tells you how seriously they're taking the situation and how concerned they are. russia's ambassador on the way in to the meeting stopped short of calling the situation. they are a coo and some of these differences

that would, that would bring sudan debt really. that's a very powerful tool at washington, still has to use in all of this. but i think the bottom line here is that our envoy was there just yesterday morning of the consequences. the military took the decision anyway, in my analysis that suggest one of 2 things. one that the military was so threatened by the power of civilian rule in the country, that there was nothing that was going to undermine their effort to maintain power or number 2 that they have received guarantees from outside of the country. perhaps the gulf states perhaps neighboring egypt to um, to step in and to fill the gap that the cut off from us and european assistance is going to create that they felt confident that they could replace whatever money that they would be losing with new money promised from outside actors that we don't know, but something has happened to change the calculus of the military to think that they can, whether the worst that washington has to throw at them. that's a fascinating analysis. so

i think the people of sudan are determined or 2. i to stop the some move by, by hon. and also they are very patient on using various tactics. a, please do not busy. it will not be easy for the dinner on a stool to take over the power as the people will not accept it easily. what a terrible question to ask a corresponded. will this cable reverse? i didn't ask the question, i'm just sharing it with you from dan a. but go ahead. i wait on what i'm seeing on the 3 that being on the people hearing from them. they're going to have to be way out to minutes, re, i'm being charged on to use 4th against i don't thing either. yeah. people off to that are going to not with a group has the effect taking bad to be able to find out that there are situations . thanks heather, i have a morgan. it was fun of i guess, to day have a look here on my laptop. i know you will see how work going forward is get off the video, get back to my laptop. here we go. he brought morgan on twitter and sama abdullah was also, i guess, sound like hipaa. you to comment is thank you so much for being part

why can't we see him in sudan? i know that's important, but there's some other thoughts for you. summer. this is john on twitter. he says the military, especially general bra han was never going to hand over leadership of the sovereign counsel to civilians in november. that was on the schedule right. november was when the, when the council or civilians were going to take over. as it was supposed to be, the crew was expected. it was a matter of when summer is not in your head articulate the not summer guide. i totally agree with was john or dissimilar? critical is no surprise for many students who have been following the events on daily basis. now we have seen the tensions between the civilian and military, a function of the government. we have seen a lot of firm statements and counter statements, and it was also clear that the general with hon was fed up with their civilian government and he's a fantasy thing to bring his on cabinet and already now we yeah, a lot of the news that he started to are up what kind of s

we report from south sudan.ovax was meant to make sure that low income countries like south sudan would not be left behind. by now, it was hoped that one in every ten people would have been vaccinated, but the reality on the ground is that only one in every 500 south sudanese have been fully vaccinated. and coldplay�*s environmentally friendly world tour — a tree planted for every ticket sold — but they're keeping their private jet. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in lebanon, where a national day of mourning has begun for six people shot dead in violent clashes in the centre of the capital beirut. there have been international calls for calm, with the united nations, the us and france all urging a de—escalation of the tensions. gunfire erupted during a demonstration by shia muslim groups against the judge investigating last year's devastating port blast. from beirut, anna foster has the latest. it started as a protest. but the tensio

the meeting of the security council to day was about relations between sudan and south sudan and the contested region of abbey. and there is concerned that efforts to normalize relations and deal with that contested region will be i offset will be put back as a result of the military takeover in khartoum. and certainly several council members took the opportunity to day to i condemn what's happened, the u. s called the military takeover, completely unacceptable. kenya, african member of the council before the meeting. i called on the security council to follow the lead of the african union, which is suspended, sudan temporarily. i and speak with one voice, but so far the counsel has been unable to speak with one voice. negotiations on a statement are ongoing. we did also here today from sue dan's representative at the united nations and he did not speak directly about the takeover. but he did call on the international community to help a bottle bobbins food on fill up, some delegations have expressed their concerns as to what is currently happening in sudan. and while understanding t

in sudan. prime minister, detaining top cabinet members and other government officials. their whereabout ls are inn kno. sudan's internet is down. phone calls are not connecting and we're learning at least two people, if not more, were killed in protests against this military takeover. cnn's nima elbagir has more on this deadly power struggle. >> reporter: sudan once again forced to a crossroads. one month after a failed coup attempt, the military arrested prime minister abdullah on monday. along with other civilian members of the transitional government. bearing all the hallmarks of military takeover. a coup. since the toppling of long-serving ruler in 2019, military and civilian groups have been sharing power in the northeast african nation. intending to lead eventually to democratic elections in 2023. the transition has seen sudan emerge from international isolation under the nearly three-decade rule. that democratic experiment now hangs in the balance. via a televised address, the head of s

but it's not as easy as just bringing vaccines to south sudan. country roughly the size of france, but you can't reach people everywhere. the issue is deployment. you have to deploy to the states and then to the counties. it's not an easy thing, given our country, given our health system, which is also not very strong. the health care workers are not well paid. they are sitting for long hours, there's a lot of people queueing up for the vaccine, so it is not an easy situation. in times of hunger, this is how food gets to people in remote parts of the country. some vaccine supplies have to be airdropped. insecurity and flooding render some airstrips unusable, making distribution a huge challenge. more than ten times expensive here in south sudan compared to some other neighbouring country where you have a reliable road network. and yet, the distribution often has to be done quickly when the vaccines arrive. the last batch of astrazeneca doses brought here was just a month away from expiry. have in the vaccine, when they know that they are receivin

who's a sudanese activist researcher on sudan or the horn of africa? good to have you with us. your thoughts on what has happened in saddam today is the way up game more means to, than history and down, you know, the countries literally at crossroads and i take this opportunity and really a internationalist and we need to and our friends seem very joint bull are genuinely interest in the b sustainability of sedan, not to call for her military. ah, to i kind of, you know, respect and the curriculum books document respect agreements with civilians and respect their accomplishments and what we have been to after out in order over to one of the she is the game. so then the bus and 3 and a very merry, complex county, and the only way of 40 is the ability and 40 eastern a democratic and see the android. but i brought o'bonham a says that his final goal is, is told to ensure a free and fair elections. he's going to stick by faith that the constitution, those elections will happen on as be scheduled. in july 2023. he said he had to act to achieve the aspirations of, of the people that

and so they to want to see, i think, sudan free. i think they want as professional army officers, they want to be associated with a professional army that is well respected around the world. they want those training opportunities outside of sudan, so they, they aspire to greater things as well. i think that's where the, the fisher is right now. i think that if we see the senior level ranks of the military order as they did in 2019 the lower ranks to fire on or to really repress in a blatant way committed tri cities. that's i think, good to be aligned that the younger officers are not going to want to cross. that's what happened in 2019, when the, when the military realized at that time, they were not going to be able to repress the population. and they had to relent. which is when omar bashir was, was removed by his own generals, it'll be interesting to see what happens if these protests turn violent. if the military turns on the protesters, i think that could cause the military to fracture itself. and then who knows what will happe

i'm in the, in know, chaos political know you're in sudan. and so those who exist those who have existing structures to mobilize the quarters to get into the polls, they would appear to have an inherent advantage. so in many ways for the old guard quicker elections are perhaps preferable. so how do you see this playing out now? as far as people on the streets, a concerns a jonas good as are corresponded with saying a few moments ago. it's clear that the people people don't buy in to, to his argument that but the military was acting to achieve the aspirations of the people. yes, no, i think they're those, those aspirations are diametrically opposed. no, just on the 21st of this month and they weren't major protest this whole people come out in the street requesting. no, we did the exact opposite of what we're hon. seems to be believing. he he is fulfilling. on behalf of people people come out in great numbers countrywide, to request that the, the civilians be, remain in the central component to this transition. and that the military ends, thei

envoy to sudan in calling for restraint. turkish president says foreign diplomats must respect their laws if they want to remain there. his remarks follow a crowd. as others rally for a gelled activist. there is no word on the safety of christian aid workers captured by gang in haiti. they were the latest of people being held in the country this year. it is increasingly lawless area. the u.s. embassy has scaled back its operations and rescheduling routine appointments as they face another crisis. we report from port-au-prince. reporter: a general strike gripped the country on monday. this streets were empty. the bustling outdoor markets were mostly deserted. haitians say the strike is one way of demonstrating their disgust and frustration with widespread crime, gang violence, a fuel shortage and government paralysis. >> there are many of us dying every day. there is no solace. we want to have a better future. we want a better tomorrow. we don't want to live like slaves. reporter: the strike prevented her from getting to her

i think the people of sudan are determined or to i to stop the sun, move by, by a button. and also they are very patient and using various tactics. a, please do not busy. it will not be easy for the dinner on a stool to take over the de paula as the people will not accept it, sir, easily. what a terrible question to ask a corresponded will of this kindly reverse. i didn't ask the question, i'm just sharing it with you from dan a. but go ahead. i wait on what i'm seeing on the screen from the people hearing from them. they're going to have to be way out to the military. i'm just being charged on to use force. ringback against something, i don't thing either. yeah. people off to that are they to not with that it has to be taken back to be able to find out that your situation. thanks heather. i have a morgan. it was fun of i guess today have a look here on my laptop. i know you will see how we're going forward. yes. get off the video, get back to my laptop. here we go. hey, beth morgan on twitter and sama abdullah was also, i guess sound like hipaa. you to comment is thank yo

that's why what's going on in sudan has blip on the radar. for the state department in washington, there are other threats outside the country. you need a competent and a capable military. the worry outside the region is that the sudanese military is not competent and it is not capable. let me say one thing we don't need to involve the issue of military as a british for always thought to, to avoid discussing issues related to the civilian civilian issues. military according to the constitutional document that will take all of the handle that the government to them and civil in in july 2022. this is what i had it for. i'm one of the classified officer in the, in the, in the minister of justice. he told us like that and this is not, you shall know. the issue is reforming the ruling collision. the f s. c, it is the periodic. you know? because now the problem now that we have to, if a see the little bomb representing under this other group, i see even to hand over to the civilian. as i do does asking, we need to agree who to be handed over to the