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hello, i m nancy kacungira. we begin in sudan, where the united nations says it is planning for 860,000 people to flee the war torn country. its refugee agency has estimated that $445 million will be needed to support the displaced just through to october. meanwhile, another ceasefire in sudan has failed to hold, with heavy fighting continuing in the capital, khartoum. witnesses reported loud explosions and gunfire on the streets for the 20th day in a row. among the civilian casualties in khartoum is the pioneering actress asia abdelmajid. her family say she was killed in crossfire in the north of the capital on wednesday and buried in the grounds of a kindergarten. it had been too dangerous to take her to a cemetery. asia abdelmajid rose to prominence in the 1965 production of the play pamseeka at sudan s national theatre. she was the country s first professional stage actress, later retiring to become a teacher. elaf alhaj is a journalist and programme editor at capit ....
Herfamily weren t able to give her a proper burial. yes, i heard that as well. as sad as it is, we ve become desensitised to these incidents because this is not the first one. and luckily, she at least had the burying ground, and that s more than the majority of what s happening in khartoum can say, because a lot of people have not been able to actually bury their relatives. what are you hearing about the situation in places like khartoum and elsewhere now from your family and colleagues who are still there? i m quite blessed that the majority of either family members or colleagues have managed to flee khartoum. however, i keep hearing a lot of reports from some of our correspondents in darfur that the situation has not been looking great, ....