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Sudan conflict: Thousands detained by RSF in South Darfur

The head of WHO calls for the immediate release of health-workers detained by paramilitary force RSF in Nyala, south-west Sudan.

The head of the World Health Organisation has called for the immediate and unconditional release of health workers who are believed to be detained in south- western Sudan. The Sudanese Doctors Network fears about 19,000 people could be held by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Nyala, South Darfur. We hear from a journalist there about the situation.

Also in the programme: The Secret trial of a Chinese General who defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square; and Hollywood star Timothée Chalamet on his latest film.

(Photograph: Darfuri children in Tine refugee camp. Credit: Reuters)

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Wed 17 Dec 202521:06GMT

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