brokered it during talks in jeddah. they are threatening to end those talks if the two sides break the cease-fire. meantime, many hospitals across the khartoum region have closed and the few still operating say they are overwhelmed and short on supplies. translator: the situation keeps deteriorating, making it unbearable. from what i saw in the hospital, there are patients dying from medical shortages approximately every 10 to 15 minutes. the situation is particularly dire in the western province of darfur. i want to turn to cameron hutson, a senior associate at the center for strategic and international studies, africa center, joining us from france. since we last spoke, the vicious power struggle between sudan s army and paramilitary forces continues to destroy lives. but there now seems to be a separate arms struggle playing out in west darfur? right.