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Emmanuel Akinwotu

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Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

Yes, it's unprecedented. We visited the Al-Buluk Hospital, which is the main and largest paediatric health facility in the Khartoum State region. The wards were packed with malnourished children. The hospital has expanded again and again through the war, but it's still overwhelmed. I spoke to the lead doctor, Ahmed Kholoji.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

So the fighting has stopped in Khartoum, but the toll of the war is really just coming to the surface. And of course, the fighting continues.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

So the fighting has stopped in Khartoum, but the toll of the war is really just coming to the surface. And of course, the fighting continues.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

So the fighting has stopped in Khartoum, but the toll of the war is really just coming to the surface. And of course, the fighting continues.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

Well, it's shifted to the outskirts of the capital region and has become really intense towards the western region of Darfur, which is overwhelmingly controlled by the RSF. It's where there was a genocide 20 years ago by Arab militias that evolved into the RSF against African ethnic groups. And it's happening again now, according to the UN, US and others.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

Well, it's shifted to the outskirts of the capital region and has become really intense towards the western region of Darfur, which is overwhelmingly controlled by the RSF. It's where there was a genocide 20 years ago by Arab militias that evolved into the RSF against African ethnic groups. And it's happening again now, according to the UN, US and others.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

Well, it's shifted to the outskirts of the capital region and has become really intense towards the western region of Darfur, which is overwhelmingly controlled by the RSF. It's where there was a genocide 20 years ago by Arab militias that evolved into the RSF against African ethnic groups. And it's happening again now, according to the UN, US and others.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

Thank you.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

Thank you.

Up First from NPR
Ukraine-Russia Peace, Noncitizens And Due Process, Khartoum Destroyed

Thank you.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

Thanks.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

Thanks.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

Thanks.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

So the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, they've been advancing into Khartoum City for the last few months, literally taking it back street by street. And there were days of airstrikes and really intense fighting as the army were approaching the presidential palace, the palace complex.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

So the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, they've been advancing into Khartoum City for the last few months, literally taking it back street by street. And there were days of airstrikes and really intense fighting as the army were approaching the presidential palace, the palace complex.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

So the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, they've been advancing into Khartoum City for the last few months, literally taking it back street by street. And there were days of airstrikes and really intense fighting as the army were approaching the presidential palace, the palace complex.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

Then yesterday morning, there was footage filmed by soldiers who recaptured it, and it was broadcasted on state TV and just flooded social media. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! And they showed these scenes of triumph and just pure relation in the Republican palace. It's been the seat of power in Sudan for almost 200 years.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

Then yesterday morning, there was footage filmed by soldiers who recaptured it, and it was broadcasted on state TV and just flooded social media. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! And they showed these scenes of triumph and just pure relation in the Republican palace. It's been the seat of power in Sudan for almost 200 years.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

Then yesterday morning, there was footage filmed by soldiers who recaptured it, and it was broadcasted on state TV and just flooded social media. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! And they showed these scenes of triumph and just pure relation in the Republican palace. It's been the seat of power in Sudan for almost 200 years.

Up First from NPR
DHS job cuts, Travel troubles under Trump, Sudan Civil War latest

The grounds were battered, the soldiers were pouring in, praying, cheering, walking through broken glass and concrete everywhere. essentially entering the grounds for the first time since April 2023. The army then announced they'd recaptured it officially and that they were advancing through the city. And clearly right now they feel they're closer than ever to taking the capital back.