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hello. fighting has continued between the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces, with witnesses describing deafening explosions and intense gunfire in the capital khartoum. earlier, a three hour temporary humanitarian pause was meant to have allowed civilians to escape, but it s not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting are ramping up with the head of the african union commission planning to go on a ceasefire mission and the presidents of kenya, south sudan and djibouti also trying to mediate. anne soy reports. this is what the sudanese woke up to yesterday. the sound of heavy artillery, gunfire and relentless fighting. a fragile political situation just got worse. translation: they are fighting over authority and looting of the country and the people, but we are here fighting ....
hello. fighting has continued between the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces, with witnesses describing deafening explosions and intense gunfire. these are the latest pictures of sunday night from the capital khartoum. earlier a three hour, temporary humanitarian pause was meant to have allowed civilians to escape, but it s not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting are ramping up with the head of the african union commission planning to go on a ceasefire mission and the presidents of kenya, south sudan and djibouti also trying to mediate. our security correspondent frank gardner has been telling me more about the rivalry behind the conflict in sudan. one general commands pretty much most of the respect of the army. the other commands the loyalty of these, as you heard in the report ....
Is relatively poor per capita, it has got natural resources and a lot of these have been plundered. gold is being illicitly slipped out 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 tearaways, which it did in the 1990s. up until 1996 it was the base where 0sama bin laden and the base where 0sama bin laden and the al-qaeda group before they moved to afghanistan were based. 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 a compromise to stop the violence. ....
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, ....