Famine looms in Sudan

Civilians caught up in Sudan's civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital, Khartoum. We speak to one of them and also discuss warnings that Sudan’s civil war could soon become the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world.

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Presenter: Luke Jones.

(Photo: Three-year-old Manasek is suffering from severe malnutrition - her mother Ikram says food prices have soared. Credit: DANY ABI KHALIL / BBC)