MAYSA AL-QADİ

Sudan- The conflict that broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15, 2023, has been going on. More than 3,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands have been injured in the clashes, according to the latest statements by the Sudanese Ministry of Health and United Nations (UN). The conflict has displaced more than three millions people. Women and children are the most affected by the conflict.

The residents of the cities of Meroë, Karima and Omdurman, located on banks of the River Nile in the Northern State, went through difficult days following the clashes that broke out at the airport and the air base between the two parties to the conflict. After the clashes ended, the cities received large numbers of displaced people fleeing from the capital, Khartoum. Most of the displaced people have lost at least one of their family members.

Sudanese women hope that security and peace will prevail in the country exhausted by the conflict.

‘For the first time we have witnessed something like this’

Rehab Badawi from Karima hopes that security and peace will prevail in the country. “For the first time, we have witnessed something like this in the Northern State.” Malath Nasr, one of the people fleeing from Khartoum to Omdurman, said, “We witnessed intense airstrikes on the first day. There were many injuries and corpses on the ground. The situation was very difficult, so we decided to flee from our home out of fear for our lives. “

‘I wished it were just a dream’

Highlighting their uncertainty about the future, Malath Nasr added, “It was a very difficult decision for us. I wished it were just a dream. I do not know when we will be able to get over this. We came to a new city by leaving everything behind. We do not know what we can do if we get sick because there is no hospital or medicine; I hope that the conflict will end as soon as possible.”

“We are currently far from what is happening in Khartoum, but our hearts are with the people of Khartoum. What is happening now makes us very sad. The conflict causes the loss of our hopes. We hope that tomorrow will be better, that the conflict will end, and we will rebuild Sudan,” said Nujud Taj Al-Sir, who lives in the city of Karima.