The war in Sudan erupted in April 2023. This year, the Sudanese army doused hopes of a Ramadan ceasefire unless the rival Rapid Support Forces withdrew from civilian homes and public places.
Displaced Sudanese prepare to break their fast at a displacement camp during the month of Ramadan, in the city of Port Sudan, Sudan, March 14, 2024. / Photo: Reuters
Ali and her family are among an estimated eight million Sudanese who have been displaced from their homes due to fighting between the army and paramilitary across the country, heavily concentrated around Khartoum and some other regions like Darfur and Kordofan.Ramadan this year is noticeably different, says Ali, who owned and ran a mini market in Khartoum. She travelled with her daughters, sister, and nephews to Gaderef in the east of Sudan, before being uprooted in Egypt, where they now live.
Forty days in, they packed up and began their journey to the city of Kosti in White Nile, about 360 kilometres from Khartoum. “All the houses in the neighbourhood were empty without their residents,” she says. The siblings began making their way back to Kosti the following day. The fact that the country has experienced regular internet and communication blackouts since the war erupted does not help. The most recent incidence lasted for almost three weeks, Elnour says, affecting communication, as well as the delivery of humanitarian aid.Sudan has often been referred to as a global food basket. But the severe impact of the war on agricultural production is now driving critical levels of hunger and steep price hikes in the country.
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