News of war comes out of Sudan in the form of blurred photos and broken calls. It is buildings toppling, families separated, children lying on mud-covered ground, hit by shelling and shooting, running to flee the besieged capital of Khartoum. It is images of people in absolute distress.
More than 12,000km away, many in Australia’s Sudanese diaspora watch and listen, gripped by terror. The only bridge connecting them to family is a fickle telephone line at the mercy of unstable internet and dwindling power.
