Akin Adesokan, worked with TheNEWS magazine, published by Independent Communications Network Limited in Lagos, Nigeria, before travelling to the United States for further studies. Adesokan, now an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, is a writer and scholar. His award-winning first novel, Roots in the Sky, was published in 2004. In this interview, he speaks on…
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has assumed large proportions. The ongoing military clashes have seriously impacted basic services like food, water, medicine and transport. Hospitals are shut and the medical system is on the verge of collapse. Markets, banks and pharmacies are being looted and people‘s lives are at stake
for the way it s handled these evacuations. too little information, too slow. but this afternoon the prime minister gave an update. we now have over 100 people on the ground in sudan. the first flight has already left with british nationals, there are more flights this evening and we will have many more into tomorrow, and that is down to the hard work of lots of people, and we will keep at it. we have already contacted over 1000 people in sudan, spoken to hundreds, that is what the people behind me have been doing. they are making their way to the airfield and we will safely evacuate them as quick as we can. but look at what s left of khartoum. the hospital here and across the river nile, bombed, we understand, earlier today. elsewhere, endless destruction, the work of two rival armies that still threaten, ceasefire or not, to tear this former british colony apart. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. professor khalid mustafa medani is the chair of the african studies programme
we re joined from montreal by professor khalid mustafa medani he s the chair of the african studies programme at mcgill university. he has written a book called revolutionary sudan and has family who are currently on the border between sudan and egypt as they attempt to flee the violence. thank you forjoining me on bbc news. let me ask you about your family. i news. let me ask you about your famil . ~ ., i. news. let me ask you about your famil . ~ ., ., , family. i know you have been speaking family. i know you have been speaking to family. i know you have been speaking to them, family. i know you have been speaking to them, if- family. i know you have been speaking to them, if you - family. i know you have been speaking to them, if you can| family. i know you have been - speaking to them, if you can just update us on what they have been saying to you? update us on what they have been saying to you? thank you for asking. the are saying to you? thank you for asking. they are