Aisha had wanted to stay with her husband when the Rapid Support Forces laid siege to the Sudanese city of El Fasher earlier this year. But as the shelling and bombing escalated, and supplies of essentials ran low, she was left with no choice.
“There’s nothing there, no water to drink or food to eat,” said the 31-year-old, who is married to a soldier in the regular army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and did not want to give her last name. “I will never return.”
