Will el-Fasher's fall change Sudan?

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As the strategic city of el-Fasher finally falls to the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, we analyse what it means in Sudan’s ongoing civil war.

How the world’s oldest president, Paul Biya of Cameroon, is set to change things as he wins a disputed eighth term that could keep him in power until the age of 99.

And why are South Africans trying to save an ancient language, which has just one speaker?

Presenter: Nyasha Michelle
Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Yvette Twagiramariya
Technical Producer: Pat Sissons
Senior Producer: Piers Edwards
Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga

28 Oct 11AM English United Kingdom News

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