hello, i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where a three day ceasefire between two rival military groups has come into effect to allow people to be evacuated, but there are concerns that it may not hold. hundreds of people have died since fighting started between the sudanese army and rsf paramilitary force. in recent days, more countries have attempted to evacuate their diplomats and citizens. this is a member of the dutch military handing out earplugs as they get ready to take off. and this was the scene as the spanish defence ministry helped diplomats and citizens on to their plane. live now to kalkidan yibetal who s in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. who has the latest. as far as you are hearing at the moment, is the ceasefire holding? it looks that way. reports indicate that on monday khatoum had a relatively quiet date which helped the evacuation of many people. many foreign nationals by different countries. but, you know, if t
The spread of the mosquito population. you have these extreme weather events, whether flooding events, whetherflooding in pakistan make this icon in malawi, leaving lots of stagnant water around the place. cyclone. we saw an uptake in information and death from a layer in both places. the flash infection. let s get more on this now and go live to islamabad and our correspondent sahar baloch. in pakistan that was significant catastrophic flooding and as a consequence we are seeing a rise in malaria, is that right? yes, that is. back malaria, is that right? yes, that is. back in malaria, is that right? yes, that is. back in 2022, - malaria, is that right? yes, j that is. back in 2022, there was a lot that happened which actually did not come on the mainstream media as well as at the time. if i take you back in
October 2000 wanted world health organization issued a report in which it said more than the management it is that surveillance of malaria which is important and even at that time who stressed a lot on the fact that there needs to be proper screening of the fact there aren t malaria cases increasing, especially in areas pondering a run and afghanistan annexed to pakistan. some of the most affected at that point of time. much has happened since then because after that more than the economic crisis there is also the political crisis which is in discussion right now so a lot of attention is that they are not much is being done about the climate change and at the devastating impact the recent floods had on climate change as well as on the lives of people involved. another challenge facing pakistan with malaria on the rise in the region and it is seen as an absolute killer. if
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It is not treated properly and people are not across the effect of it, it can be deadly? yes, pakistan has grappled in the past as well with malaria cases as well. i can take you backin cases as well. i can take you back in the 19905 the relative cases reported and then there was a national drive to get malaria out of the places as well. since then there were not many malaria cases but since the floods happen in 2022 and even before that, the cases were rising and there were certain concerns shown by organisations over here as well but nothing much was done. i remember even when we were going to these effected areas just a month after the floods, i saw the way people showing concern, people out in the sun and out in the fields and out onto the roads as well and the water is still there in many areas. let me also remind you that 23 million people were