welcome to bbc news. muslims around the world are preparing for eid al fitr, a religious festival which marks the end of the holy month of ramdan. but in some countries, conflict and poverty have made that celebration all but impossible. some of the images we are about to show you are distressing. in yemen, at least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in yemen s rebel held capital, sanaa, after hundreds crowded into a narrow street on wednesday night to get hand outs of around $9 from a merchant during a charity event for ramadam. i ll be speaking to a yemeni journalist and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. but first, another muslim majority nation, sudan where people have been desperately trying to leave the capital, khartoum, amid another day of fighting, fearful about dwindling food supplies and the collapse of medical services. nearly a week of fighting between rival military factions in sudan is now thought to have killed at least 330 pe
In yemens 21 month war. 140 people killed, over 500 injured, in saudi led air strikes as they attended a funeral. The saudis said the attack was based on incorrect information, and their yemeni partners were to blame. We cross the front line to ask who was responsible. And we follow the bombs back to where they came from the United States. Apparently the United States and United Kingdom think it is totally fine for these strikes to keep on happening, and i am just very outraged that we are still assisting what looked just like war crimes. The bombing raised serious questions for saudi arabia and its allies, the us and the uk, about the conduct of the war. Could this air strike have changed the course of the war in yemen . Relatives and friends are gathering in the yemeni capital, sanaa. They are paying their respects to the victims of the worst air strike in the countrys war. There are thousands of people here that have come to mourn their loved ones that were lost in the great hall, a
forgotten war, and thanks to reporting that goes we are casting a light on the suffering of the people of yemen. in light on the suffering of the people of yemen. . light on the suffering of the people of yemen. , ., , of yemen. in terms of where they wanner of yemen. in terms of where they wagner grouo of yemen. in terms of where they wagner group gets of yemen. in terms of where they wagner group gets their - of yemen. in terms of where they wagner group gets their money i of yemen. in terms of where they - wagner group gets their money from, is it not understood that there is a complex entities that exist underneath it that fund that? the central african underneath it that fund that? tta: central african republic underneath it that fund that? tt2 central african republic for me is the best example of this. essentially, the wagner group have captured estate and then i have significant contracts for mining for diamonds and gold. essentially, guns at for gold is their cover. ogre a
the worsening humanitarian crisis where families are getting very limited donations, very generously from the distributions, but they were fighting with their lives over it, so it s not an easy time, sanna is very sad. it it, so it s not an easy time, sanna is very sad- it, so it s not an easy time, sanna is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen. is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn t is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn t it, is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn t it, that - is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn t it, that the - of yemen, doesn t it, that the desperation of people who are hungry, who are starving, who have spent the last month fasting because of ramadan, a period of time they feel is extremely holy, and waiting for eid, which is tomorrow, and to be burying their dead itjust sums up be burying their dead itjust sums up the devastation of this country. yes, exactly. and it s been an escalating sit
but it has to be underlying cautious optimism that a way can be found out of this political quagmire, a way to end the war, because as every senior humanitarian official will emphasise, that the only solution to the humanitarian crisis in yemen, the deep humanitarian crisis, is a political solution, an end to the war which has eluded the yemenis for so long now. indeed, and this is obviously the poorest country in the middle east. it was already virtually a failed state before this conflict began eight years ago. and now, we re seeing these sorts of stories, hearing about this kind of tragedy on a daily basis and that too a day before eid. yes, as you know, first of all, eid, the holy month of fasting