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Weekend: Heavy fighting continues in Sudan

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Heavy fighting continues in Sudan

16/04/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Heavy fighting continues in Sudan

Rival factions carry on violent standoff in capital Khartoum and other parts of country

Rival factions carry on violent standoff in capital Khartoum and other parts of country.

In Sudan, rival military factions have continued to clash for a second day, as government forces battle for control with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Also in the programme: our North America correspondent visits the home town of the American man accused of leaking secret military documents. 

And we hear how cutting edge Artificial Intelligence be used to help visually impaired people, in the form of a smartphone app. 

Joining Gary O'Donoghue to discuss these and other stories are Nathalie Tocci, director of the Institute of International Affairs in Rome and Special Advisor to EU High Representative Josep Borrell, and Andreas Østhagen, a senior researcher on the Arctic at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.  


(Picture: Smoke rises in Omdurman, near Halfaya Bridge, during clashes between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army as seen from Khartoum North, Sudan April 15, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

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