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🗓️ 13 April 2025
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Devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who had fled Sudan's civil war have continued for a third day, residents say. One person in the Zamzam camp described the situation as "extremely catastrophic" while another said things were "dire".
Also in the programme: A Russian ballistic missile strike in the northeast Ukrainian city of Sumy; and what happened to Gaza's last hospital?
(Photo: Zamzam camp near el-Fasher hosts hundreds of thousands of people, who are living in famine-like condition. Credit: AFP)
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Newsar from the BBC World Service. Coming to you live from our studios in central London, I'm Julian Marshall. |
0:12.1 | And we go now to Sudan. Well, multiple civilians have once again been victims in the brutal two-year civil war that has seen countless atrocities and accusations of genocide. |
0:24.2 | The Surnanese army may have regained control of the capital, but their rivals, |
0:29.2 | the paramilitary rapid support forces, are still rampant elsewhere in the country, |
0:34.9 | including the Darfur region. |
0:36.5 | And the RSF has just launched an assault |
0:39.0 | on the city of Elfasha in North Darfur, killing at least 100 people in Zamzam refugee |
0:45.9 | camp just south of the city. Iqluss is an activist from Al-Shavir, Al-Fashir. Although she's not |
0:52.8 | there at the moment, she sent us this voice note. |
0:55.3 | I have been speaking with people inside Zamsam camp and they tell me the situation is horrific. |
1:02.5 | The confirmed number of deaths is at least 120. |
1:06.8 | And just yesterday, 32 women and girls were killed, but people on the ground say the actual number is much higher. |
1:14.6 | One woman told me there is no way out. |
1:18.6 | The RSF are surrounding. They come from all directions. |
1:22.6 | Another woman said, the death are laying on the ground. |
1:27.7 | Wherever you go, you see bodies. |
1:30.0 | There is no medicine, no food, no protection. |
1:33.7 | A young man told me that the arts have executed 15 people inside a shelter. |
1:40.7 | These are systematic, targeted killings. |
1:43.6 | People are terrified and they feel completely abundant. |
1:48.8 | Well, among those killed were nine humanitarian workers in the last remaining clinic in the Zam Zam Camp, |
1:55.3 | which is for internally displaced people or IDPs. The nine worked for the charity relief international. It's Sudan |
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