hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughan jones. the fighting continues in the sudan capital, khartoum. there are conflicting reports though that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the sudan army are fighting with the rtf. in a statement released a short time ago, the spokesman for the sudanese army has accused its opponents of: attacking the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. the spokesman went on to say that: the sudanese army condemns this barbaric behaviour and violence, which is a characteristic of the rapid support militia. but let me bring you this from the rsf which has tweeted saying the rapid support forces were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals. we have had no international confirmation. we approached the french government and they c
just like our colleague sales where we are waiting to hear from the french government. like our colleagues who are elsewhere we are waiting to hear from the french government. rsf claims it was assisting the french evacuation so a lot of conflicting information. a lot of conflicting information. a lot of conflicting information. a lot of reports of heavy gunfire around the airport in khartoum and this is the airport supposed to be use in case there are any take offs are people who wanted to leave sudan and we have also heard of fighting in other places in sudan and there
saying the rapid support forces were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals. we have had no international confirmation. we approached the french government and they confirmed operations were ongoing and when asked specifically about the attack they replied no comment. let s speak to our correspondent merchuma who is following developments from the kenyan capital, nairobi. just like our colleague sales where