we rejoined from london by dr husam el mugamar he s a consultant here in london and is the founder of the sudan s doctors for human rights group. thank you forjoining us. all please talk to me about relatives. what have they been saying about the situation there? situation there? they are trying their best to situation there? they are trying their best to get situation there? they are trying their best to get to situation there? they are trying their best to get to egypt. - situation there? they are trying their best to get to egypt. they j situation there? they are trying - their best to get to egypt. they are in relative safety in a village outside khartoum, we have been in con stent contact to find ways of trying to get them to egypt. the attempt is currently failing. we are really worried about them. one of my sisters has a high temperature. she is diabetic. my brother is
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
of the country and there is a lot of corruption going on. there are outside forces interested in sudan. russia wants to have a naval base on the red sea. the united states is very keen that sudan does not go back to its terror ways, which it did in the 1990s. up until 1996 it was the base where osama bin laden and the al-qaeda group were before they moved to afghanistan. egypt has a vested interest in sudan being stable. they are allies against ethiopia. whatever happens in sudan will inevitably spill out, or risk spilling out, into neighbouring countries. that is why the african union and the arab league are trying really hard right now to try and dampen down this fire and find and dampen down this violence and find a compromise to stop the violence. i m joined now by dr husam el mugamar,