Millions of people in Sudan have endured shortages of food, water and medicines after the conflict halted the most basic services.
Its current location is close to the military’s headquarters, where fighting has been heavy, preventing access to the museum., who teaches zoology at the University of Khartoum, began working at the museum in 2006, and was appointed director of the facility in 2020. It was a job she had dreamed of since she visited the museum as a child.
Neither the military nor the RSF responded to requests for comment on the plight of the animals and their caretakers. “Unless someone released the animals early on when the clashes started, I don’t see how any would or could have survived for over two weeks with no care,” said Kamal M. Ibrahim, a biology professor at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in an email. He is familiar with the museum and its work, having graduated from the University of Khartoum and spending a sabbatical there.
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