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The Fifth Floor: 'Time for the guns to be silent'

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Sudanese protesters gather to break their fast outside the army headquarters in Khartoum

10/05/2019 GMT

'Time for the guns to be silent'

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, 'Time for the guns to be silent'

Sudan re-imagined by a new generation.  Mohanad Hashim meets protesters in Khartoum.

Return to Sudan; South Korea's Yogurt Aunties; Iran's Natanz nuclear site; Marrying across divides in India; Ramadan fashion in Egypt; My Home Town: Snezhinsk, Russia

BBC Africa’s Mohanad Hashim shares his impressions of a Sudan without President Omar al-Bashir, and the historic protests which toppled him from power.

South Korea's Yogurt Aunties 
BBC Seoul's Hosu Lee joined the 'yogurt aunties' who deliver Yakult to homes and offices on unique motorised carts, and also provide company for elderly customers living alone.

Iran's Natanz nuclear site
BBC Persian's Omid Parsanejad loves Natanz, the green oasis town where he was born.  But as he explains, Natanz is often in the news he reports, having given its name to a key uranium enrichment facility nearby.

Marrying across the divide
Most Indian marriages are between couples from the same religion and caste.  Marrying across those divides carries a stigma and can result in violence, and even the death of the couple.  Divya Arya of BBC Delhi spoke to couples who crossed caste and religious divides for love. 

Ramadan fashion in Egypt 
BBC Arabic’s Doaa Farid reports on this year’s ‘Ramadan collection', a fashion trend for women who want to dress more modestly during the holy month.  

My Home Town: Snezhinsk, Russia
Ksenia Idrisova of BBC Russian takes us to her hometown of Snezhinsk in the Ural mountains of Russia, a town so secret in her childhood that it wasn’t even shown on maps.   

Image: Sudanese protesters gather to break their fast outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on the second day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan
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