is a power struggle between the regular army and the planetary paramilitary rsf. but rights groups say the rsf are committing mass atrocities. three rsf fighters stormed into our home in the afternoon. my brother was out. when i saw them i screamed and tried to run away. but one of them locked the door. run away. but one of them locked the door. bbc arabic has soken locked the door. bbc arabic has spoken to locked the door. bbc arabic has spoken to women locked the door. bbc arabic has spoken to women across - locked the door. bbc arabic has spoken to women across the i spoken to women across the country who say they were raped by rsf soldiers. by rsf soldiers. they pointed their guns by rsf soldiers. they pointed their guns at by rsf soldiers. they pointed their guns at me by rsf soldiers. they pointed their guns at me and - by rsf soldiers. they pointed their guns at me and told i by rsf soldiers. they pointed their guns at me and told me| by rsf soldiers. they pointed
and we have elected a legitimate president, mohamed bazoum, and we want him to be restored, like all the international community echo us, the regional body, the african union, the united states of america, france, all our european union, all are asking them just to give back power to preseidnt bazoum. you mentioned ecowas. i do want to ask ecowas, the economic community of west african states and they have threatened military action. would you welcome that, that west african states would stage a military intervention here? yeah, my position my position is is as following. of course, i would hope and wish a peaceful solution that thejunta will come to reason and give up, give back power to president bazoum and to the parliament that were again elected in a fair and transparent election. but if that is not possible, i will not rule out any solution that will restore democracy in my country, including a military. absolutely. i will not rule out any solution because this junta in africa co
showed that 52% of the people who were surveyed in your country said that they thought the country is going in the wrong direction, that they wanted the government to do more for the economy, to reduce the inequality between the rich and poor. do you think there is a level of frustration there that the president did not anticipate? i mean, what you are asking me is that if if the opinion if the opinion if those who are rating a president or a government as bad or is that the favorable the positive rating is not good, then the president should go. if you go by this one, it will be no president in any ocd country. so from time to time people yes, people can be upset. people can be impatient for the policies to deliver. but we are working hard. we have done 7% of economic growth. we have had the first the first peaceful school year in 15 years. no strike. there is no strike at all in our country for the last year. so, yes, we are a poor country.
of the fighting, backed by overwhelming air power provided by the united states and our nato allies. that kind of arrangement in afghanistan really isn t possible right now in view of the biden administration s decision to withdraw from that country two years ago. so we re going to have to find an alternative. does that mean partnering with pakistan to carry out counterterrorism operations? maybe. there s other countries in the region that we should be considering, as well as potential partners. but the one thing that s obvious, that s painfully obvious, is the taliban simply does not have the capability to fight terrorism on its own, and we should not trust them to do so if it s a matter of our own national security. the united states needs to act and nato needs to act. ambassador, thank you so much for the conversation. thank you for having me on. to sudan now, where the war between the army and a paramilitary group known as the rapid support forces has been going on for
you are not ruling a country. if you want to rule the country, you have to run in an election. what about the people themselves? because we have seen protesters on the streets, especially in the capital, waving the flags, for example, of russia burning the flags of france and also supporting the coup leaders here. what do you make of that? and do you think this opens the door for russia to gain more influence in your country? i think two things. first of all, demonstration, if you know west africa, if you know urban cities in west africa, you have a lot, a lot of young people without jobs. these people are easy to manipulate and to make demonstration. demonstration are not a substitute for election. so you re saying these demonstrators are just being manipulated? yes, i can see it loud and clear. and again, demonstration, even if it is not manipulated, is not a substitute of election. you go by power, go to power by election, not by demonstration.