At the international airport, passengers are taking cover on the ground of the terminal because there’s fighting and bombs outside. There is fighting around the presidential palace, the headquarters of the military. Within the hours that followed that, everything moves incredibly quickly. And I guess that was the starting gun for what has become this crazy descent into violence that has consumed the capital of Sudan and spread across the entire country.

And the clip went pug, pug, pug, pug with gunfire. michael barbaroĪnd then he went on to explain that his house is about 400 meters from a military camp in the city that had come under attack, and he sent me a clip of a recording he’d made out the window of his house. I got a message from a friend of mine in Khartoum, which is the capital of Sudan, and the message said, war has just erupted in Khartoum. Well, Michael, it started for me with a text message. So Declan, describe the scene in Sudan’s capital over the past few days. Today, my colleague, Declan Walsh, on the personal rivalry at the center of the conflict. Over the past week in Sudan, a closely-watched plan to create a democracy has instead turned into a deadly civil war. michael barbaroįrom The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro.

Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Transcript How Two Generals Led Sudan to the Brink of Civil War As they talked peace, the military leaders were preparing to turn their forces on each other - devastating a country of 45 million people.

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