our africa security correspondent tomi oladipo is monitoring events in sudan from nairobi in kenya.his time yesterday seeing horrific footage coming into us at the bbc on what was going on. talk us through what was going on. talk us through what has developed since? well, as you mention, now the transitional military council has said it will council all existing agreements with the opposition, civilian opposition alliance, who they had agreed with that they would be an interim government. what happened was they we re government. what happened was they were having thoughts but they disagreed over the make up of this interim government and exactly who would had it. both the military and the civilian opposition wanted to have the upper hand in this interim government. now this statement from the military regime also blames the civilian coalition for the delay in an agreement and they are saying that they are calling for elections in nine months. and what is the reaction to this? on the international stage there is condemnation of what happened yesterday, but from the point of view of t

the bbc‘s africa security correspondent, tomi oladipo, says the arrests come at a key moment in mediationst after ethiopian‘s prime minister visited sudan. he was coming in as a mediator to bring together the opposition alliance and the military. when he spoke to both sides, to each side rather, they seemed like they were open to dialogue, although the opposition gave a list of conditions before they would speak. but the military followed that up by ordering these arrests and three opposition leaders arrested in just a matter of hours. so i think that only raises the tension now in sudan. thousands of venezuelans have been crossing the re—opened border with colombia to buy food, medicine and other essentials. the economic crisis in venezuela has brought about acute shortages and more than four million people have left the country. the conservative mp michael gove, who's one of the top candidates to be the next party leader and prime minister, says he "deeply regrets" taking cocaine more than 20 years ago. he told the daily mail it happened at several social events while he was working as

the bbc‘s africa security correspondent, tomi oladipo, says the arrests come at a sensitive time.ests. they come just after ethiopian‘s prime minister visited sudan. he was coming in as a mediator to bring together the opposition alliance and the military. when he spoke to both sides, to each side rather, they seemed like they were open to dialogue, although the opposition gave a list of conditions before they would speak. but the military followed that up by ordering these arrests and three opposition leaders arrested in just a matter of hours. so i think that only raises the tension now in sudan. this is a difficult question, inu, but when you things going from here? it is still too early to say. there are still so much to look at. a lot of sudanese people want the military to ta ke of sudanese people want the military to take responsibility for the violence we saw earlier in the week, in which dozens of protesters were killed. so that still needs to be solved. and then getting back to the negotiating table, remember that the talks collapsed between these two sides. so that it n

the bbc‘s africa security correspondent, tomi oladipo, says the arrests come at a key moment in mediationome just after ethiopian‘s prime minister visited sudan. he was coming in as a mediator to bring together the opposition alliance and the military. when he spoke to both sides, to each side rather, they seemed like they were open to dialogue, although the opposition gave a list of conditions before they would speak. but the military followed that up by ordering these arrests and three opposition leaders arrested in just a matter of hours. so i think that only raises the tension now in sudan. and is there a sense that the opposition is weakening in any way? with me now from norwich is dr sara abdeljalil, president of the sudan doctor's union how are people feeling given the crackdowns and arrests? obviously the internet connection, there is a lot of restriction. even trying to go publicly, people trying to leave their homes and get sim cards or try to get any way to call, it is becoming very dangerous to leave your house. therefore, the information is limited. however, the preparation f