4:27 pm today

Peace talks underway in Geneva between factions in Sudan

From Checkpoint, 4:27 pm today

Peace talks get underway in Geneva today between warring factions in Sudan, as the region faces an escalating humanitarian crisis with children already dying from malnutrion and hunger related diseases. It's been a fortnight since famine was officially declared in a displacement camp in the country's North Darfur region, it's only the third declaration in the Famine Review Committee's twenty year history. UNICEF's James Elder speaks to Lisa Owen.