after a fire started in a restaurant. hello and welcome to the programme. i m luxmy gopal. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . the head of the military agreed to facilitate the operation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. saudi state tv is reporting that planes carrying evacuees have begun arriving injeddah the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago, the most intense taking place in the capital khartoum. explosions and gunfire have been heard across the city in the past few hours. that s despite the sudanese army announcing a three day halt to fighting from friday. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al burhan and the rsf para military group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had b
announcing a three day halt to fighting from friday. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al burhan and the rsf para military group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had been sharing power since leading a coup in 2021, but recently disagreed with how sudan should be ruled moving forward. bbc africa s ferdinand 0mondi has been following this story for us from nairobi. the latest info that we have, the military and the rsf confirming that they re willing to offer a pathway for foreign nationals to be evacuated from sudan.
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