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Last month, violence took over Sudan's capital of Khartoum. It's now spread throughout the entire country,

and thousands of civilians have fled

from the chaos seeking refuge. They fled to nations like Chad, Egypt, and other neighboring

countries. Now, despite a second 72-hour ceasefire, violence has continued, and nations, including

the U.S., have evacuated their diplomats and

citizens out of Sudan. Now, violence here is stemming from the long rivalry between two generals.

And the fighting between the two rivals has resulted in attacks on health care facilities

and the destruction of the airport.

Civilians trapped in the capital are facing shortages of medicine, fuel, and food,

and are unable to leave their homes without fear of being killed.

To get a closer look at what's happening in Sudan, we spoke on Tuesday morning with Lindsay Chetel,

New York Times reporter from the Johannesburg Bureau.

Lindsay, welcome to the takeaway.

Thank you for having me.

All right, can you talk with me about who these two generals are?

To the two men at the center of this conflict, General Abdul Fata al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamid Hamdi. General Al-Burhan has been a member of the Sudanese armed forces. He's a four-star general. He's led a grinding counter-insurgency

campaigns in several parts of the country. And he was also the man that helped crush the Darfur

uprising in the early 2000s. Hametti's career, as we know it today, also stems from that uprising.

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