Michelle Martin

With us now is NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu, who has just returned from there and joins us now from the de facto capital of Port Sudan. So tell us, Emmanuel, what you saw as you traveled through Khartoum.

With us now is NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu, who has just returned from there and joins us now from the de facto capital of Port Sudan. So tell us, Emmanuel, what you saw as you traveled through Khartoum.

So if the city is missing power, shortage of water, I mean, basic services, I mean, can people return?

So if the city is missing power, shortage of water, I mean, basic services, I mean, can people return?

So if the city is missing power, shortage of water, I mean, basic services, I mean, can people return?

Emmanuel, also wondering about what you may have witnessed around the humanitarian crisis. I mean, the United Nations says Sudan is experiencing the worst famine anywhere in the world in decades.

Emmanuel, also wondering about what you may have witnessed around the humanitarian crisis. I mean, the United Nations says Sudan is experiencing the worst famine anywhere in the world in decades.

Emmanuel, also wondering about what you may have witnessed around the humanitarian crisis. I mean, the United Nations says Sudan is experiencing the worst famine anywhere in the world in decades.

Tell us about where the fighting has shifted.

Tell us about where the fighting has shifted.

Tell us about where the fighting has shifted.

That's NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu in Sudan. Thank you very much.

That's NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu in Sudan. Thank you very much.

That's NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu in Sudan. Thank you very much.

Mourners from around the world are lining up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica.

Mourners from around the world are lining up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica.

Mourners from around the world are lining up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica.

When the viewing ends tonight, the coffin will be sealed for the funeral mass Saturday morning. That will be a traditional Catholic requiem mass for the dead, with prayers mostly in Latin, but also in Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, and Arabic.

When the viewing ends tonight, the coffin will be sealed for the funeral mass Saturday morning. That will be a traditional Catholic requiem mass for the dead, with prayers mostly in Latin, but also in Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, and Arabic.

When the viewing ends tonight, the coffin will be sealed for the funeral mass Saturday morning. That will be a traditional Catholic requiem mass for the dead, with prayers mostly in Latin, but also in Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, and Arabic.