More than seven million people have been displaced by fighting in Sudan, the United Nations said on Thursday as more displaced people continued to flee a former safe haven. Another 1.5 million people have fled to neighboring countries, he added. More than half a million people had found shelter in Al-Jazirah, Sudan's pre-war breadbasket, before the fighting engulfed the state capital. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which pulled out its staff last week as fighting reached the city, appealed for "lifesaving access to all areas affected by fighting as humanitarian needs soar". For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Sudan's brutal civil war, FRANCE 24's Shona Bhattacharyya is joined by Cameron Hudson, Senior Associate at the Africa Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
