Some have left by boat from Port Sudan to Saudi Arabia.Įgypt said on Monday that 40,000 Sudanese had crossed its border, and the United Nations warned that more than 800,000 may flee Sudan, which has a population of 46 million, if fighting continues. Those who depart have sought safety in regions of Sudan outside the capital or headed for Sudan's western, southern and northern borders. Some in Khartoum fear leaving their homes or possessions unprotected or attempting a gruelling journey with sick or elderly relatives. "All security collapsed," he said, speaking near Qustul where he had crossed after returning to pick up an uncle with cancer. He raced to Khartoum to pick up his mother, wife and four children and bring them to the border. "This war hit the centre and the heart of the country," said Mohamed al-Noaman Ahmed, a 46-year-old Sudanese merchant who was at Egypt's border when he heard that fighting had broken out on April 15. The fighting that erupted on April 15 between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has brought air strikes and artillery battles to Khartoum and its adjoining cities of Omdurman and Bahri, emptying the streets of civilian life.
Our country has been destroyed but we will go back and rebuild it." "We just took pain killers on an empty stomach," said Omar as she ate fried fish at a restaurant in Abu Simbel, just north of the border. Her plight reflects that of thousands of others who have paid high prices to journey north to Egypt on buses and trucks, only to get stuck at crossings for days. Risk the fury of the imperial officials or submit, knowing that it is better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos.ARQEEN, Egypt May 1 (Reuters) - (This May 1 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 17)Įight months pregnant, Malaz Omar left behind everything to flee with her husband, two toddlers and an elderly aunt from the fighting that has swept across Sudan's capital for more than two weeks.īy the time the 34-year-old arrived in Egypt she hadn't eaten or showered for four days, passing through the Qustul border crossing where people slept on the ground and had nothing to cover their heads from the scorching sun.
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