Geoff: A pro-democracy regional
governor was assasinated today
in Sudan as fighting intensifies
between Sudan's armed forces and
the rebel rapid support forces."
Hundreds of civilians have been
killed during two months of
fighting; nearly two million
people have fled their homes,
and hundreds of thousands of
people have escaped to
neighboring countries like
Egypt, Chad, Ethiopia and south
Sudan.
U.S and saudi-led talks to
broker an end to the war have so
far failed.
Meantime, as Stephanie sy tells
us, nearly half of Sudan's
remaining population is in dire
humanitarian need.
Stephanie the terrifying sound
: And sights of civil war :
Gunfire, explosions, men with
guns now rule the Sudanese
capital.
Khartoum is a city burning
with thick plumes of smoke.
And violence, everywhere.
A power-struggle between Sudan's
armed forces and its rival
faction the rapid support forces
.
Residential streets have been
turned into a war zone and not
even children are spared.
The smallest coffins are the
heaviest.
Last month, the state-run Al
mygoma orphanage said nearly 70
children had died of fever and
starvation, including two dozen
babies.
>> I witnessed most of the
children death and funerals.
Our message the world is
evacuate the orphans to a safe
city with a safe pathway.
Stephanie: Nearly 300 children
who survived at the orphanage
were rescued by a team from the
international committee of the
red cross.
But 14 million children in Sudan
remain trapped and in urgent
need of lifesaving support.
The warring factions loot aid
warehouses.
Attack hospitals-
further crippling essential
infrastructure, already on the
brink of collapse.
More than 70% of medical centers
in Khartoum and adjoining cities
have shut down since the war
began.
Thousands have fled Khartoum.
Like nada elwasila.
>> It was terrible and
terrifying.
It's on this pick up all those
moments that they went through,
the hours, the days that they
went through with all the sound
of missiles and gunshots and
screaming and crying.
We were hiding under the bed,
in the corner.
Stephanie an American citizen
: Was trapped in Khartoum. She
escaped with her 11 year old
daughter Amira in a harrowing,
week-long journey to port Sudan
on the red sea, and then to
Saudi Arabia.
>> If you didn't roll down the
window or the car window real
fast, they may kill you, shoot
you.
It was a scary trip.
All my concern was my little
girl, like I can fight until I
get killed before they rape me.
But what about her?
What is going to happen to her
if I die and she is in their
hands?
Stephanie: It's been impossible
to shield her daughter from the
horrors of war.
>> They were two little girls
got killed by missiles.
She saw that.
I didn't mean to let her see
that, but she didn't sleep all
night.
And she's like, was holding me
and crying why they got killed
.
Why they got killed while this
war is going on? Why? What's
going on in Sudan?
>> I realized Khartoum is not a
safe place for us anymore. And I
have to leave as soon as
possible because I don't know
what would happen to us if we
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-- Stayed more.
Stephanie muhjah khateeb once
: Worked at a refugee camp in
Khartoum, and is now a refugee
herself. She fled with her son
to Juba in South Sudan.
>> The health situation is so
bad.
I lost one of my relatives
because of asthma because she
couldn't get a hospital or
treatment.
My friend lost his cousin
because they bombed his home.
Sudan is facing starvation.
People are starving.
No one was ready.
Stephanie the power struggle in
: Khartoum has reignited the
conflict in west darfur.
Western Sudan, bordering Chad,
it has been the epicenter of
conflict for over two decades.
In 2003, inter-ethnic violence
was brutally crushed by the
government backed janjaweed Arab
militia, leaving 300,000
civilians dead.
The janjaweed gave birth to the
rss, -- rsf, which, along with
other Arab militias, is behind
the recent and ongoing slaughter
of civilians in darfur.
The newshour received videos
from local human rights
activists from the worst-hit
city of Al geniena, late last
month, before widespread power
outages and communication
blackouts isolated darfur.
"This used to be a mosque, there
are grave human rights
violations" the man who shot
this video says.
Satellite images confirm entire
villages have been reduced to
ashes.
Crucial civilian infrastructure,
government buildings, courts,
and markets, all destroyed.
Today, the governor of west
darfur khamis abbakar was killed
in el geneina by the rsf.
This video purportedly shows the
moment he was taken.
He had accused the group of
genocide.
Nearly 100,000 sill billions
just civilians have been killed
in darfur.
Getting information from darfur
has been challenging, but over
the past two weeks, the newshour
has been able to obtain pictures
and audio messages from people
trapped there.
>> There is a big catastrophe in
west darfur. We aren't able to
find water to drink or food. We
go 5 to 6 days without finding
food to eat.
Those who are injured have no
hospitals to go to.
We don' have any of the
resources we need here in west
darfur.
Stephanie: The latest reports
from darfur-based activists warn
of sexual violence and an acute
healthcare crisis.
>> We were near el geneina when
the attacks started.
We couldn't even find a midwife
to deliver my pregnant sister.
Stephanie: This message came in
Monday.
>> 17 people are dead and 37
injured right around us. We are
all confined to one area of less
than a mile, the biggest crisis
is that there's no food or
medicines.
In hospitals, all surgeries have
stopped for the last four days
because of a lack of oxygen and
anesthesia.
Stephanie it's an sos call.
:>> We have tried to send you
photos and videos but we weren't
able to.
The situation is very bad.
The health situation is the
worst.
We hear of cases of cholera.
We are in dire need of help.
There's blood and filth and dead
animals on the streets and the
fires are always raging.
Stephanie: With international
humanitarian organizations
having no access to darfur,
at least 100,000 refugees have
crossed the border on foot and
horseback to Chad.
But with the rainy season
approaching there, and services
strained in already crowded
camps, it is far from a
sanctuary.
I'm Stephanie sy.