hello, i m nancy kacungira. we begin in sudan, where the united nations says it is planning for 860,000 people to flee the war torn country. its refugee agency has estimated that $445 million will be needed to support the displaced just through to october. meanwhile, another ceasefire in sudan has failed to hold, with heavy fighting continuing in the capital, khartoum. witnesses reported loud explosions and gunfire on the streets for the 20th day in a row. among the civilian casualties in khartoum is the pioneering actress asia abdelmajid. her family say she was killed in crossfire in the north of the capital on wednesday and buried in the grounds of a kindergarten. it had been too dangerous to take her to a cemetery. asia abdelmajid rose to prominence in the 1965 production of the play pamseeka at sudan s national theatre. she was the country s first professional stage actress, later retiring to become a teacher. elaf alhaj is a journalist and programme editor at capital rad
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hello, i m nancy kacungira. we begin in sudan, where the united nations says it is planning for 860,000 people to flee the war torn country. its refugee agency has estimated that $445 million will be needed to support the displaced just through to october. meanwhile, another ceasefire in sudan has failed to hold, with heavy fighting continuing in the capital, khartoum. witnesses reported loud explosions and gunfire on the streets for the 20th day in a row. among the civilian casualties in khartoum is the pioneering actress asia abdelmajid. her family say she was killed in crossfire in the north of the capital on wednesday and buried in the grounds of a kindergarten. it had been too dangerous to take her to a cemetery. asia abdelmajid rose to prominence in the 1965 production of the play pamseeka at sudan s national theatre. she was the country s first professional stage actress, later retiring to become a teacher.
elaf alhaj is a journalist and programme editor at capital radio in khartoum. she s been giving us her reaction. it is, absolutely. this is horrible. it s horrific. we have been constantly losing parts of our heritage. the sudanese archive for arts and culture has been diminishing due to censorship and disinformation, and now we re losing a legacy like asia abdelmajid, it s just absolutely terrible. a few days ago, we lost. miss kamala, who s an artist, has lost most of her artwork because her house was bombed. so it sjust a continuous loss of culture. it s, as you say, such a deep sense of loss, but also the horrific conditions in which this is happening.