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Humanitarian emergency in Sudan

1 big thing

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🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Monday that the two opposing military forces in Sudan have agreed to a three-day cease fire. This comes after more than 400 people have been killed and thousands injured in the fighting, according to the WHO. Plus, as more stores go cashless, reverse ATMs are taking bills and dispensing cards. And, host Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Guests: Axios' Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath and Jennifer A. Kingson. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Warring generals in Sudan agree to 72-hour cease-fire, Blinken says Reverse ATMs take bills, dispense cards as stores go cashless Cable news in chaos after 3 major departures Bed Bath & Beyond files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will liquidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Tuesday, April 25th. I'm Naila Boudou.

0:09.0

Today, as more stores go catch lists, reverse ATMs are taking bills.

0:14.0

And host Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News.

0:17.0

But first, a humanitarian emergency in Sudan.

0:21.0

That's today's one big thing.

0:25.0

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced yesterday that the two opposing military forces in Sudan

0:31.0

have agreed to a three-day ceasefire after nearly 10 days of violence.

0:36.0

More than 400 people have been killed and thousands injured since the start of the fighting

0:41.0

that's according to the World Health Organization.

0:44.0

Many foreigners and diplomats were evacuated to their home countries,

0:47.0

but many who can't leave Sudan are left without access to food, water, and medicine.

0:53.0

Axios' Lauren Whitney Gottbreath is here with the big picture.

0:56.0

LW, a lot of nations are pulling their citizens out of Sudan.

1:00.0

Can you tell us what it's like in the country right now?

1:03.0

Yeah, I think it's a nation that currently has two sides not officially at war, but fighting.

1:10.0

And we're talking about urban fighting. So we're talking about fighting in Khartoum and around Khartoum

1:15.0

and then some other areas in Sudan.

1:18.0

And unfortunately, that's trapped people in their homes.

1:21.0

It's forced the closure of several hospitals.

1:25.0

It really limits how humanitarian assistance can get to people in need.

1:31.0

And also, it limits people from being able to go outside of their homes, get to safety.

1:37.0

If they have a way to get out of the country, to get even to a place where they can get out of the country

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