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Mat Nashed

In besieged Sudan city, civilians face death if they try to escape

Sudanese people fleeing the internally displaced persons (IDP) Zamzam camp, travel towards the Tawila camp amid the ongoing conflict between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces [File: Marwan Mohamed/EPA]

In January 2024, Ahmed Abubakr Imam picked up a rifle to defend his community.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had just captured four of the five provinces in Sudan’s sprawling western region of Darfur – South, East, Central and West – in a lightning attack as it advanced in its war against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its allies.

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