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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Hakim Hafazalla

My family is trapped in a military coup in Sudan - every conversation begins: 'how many people have died today?'

It was the moment hope turned to despair.

There was a lot of excitement within my family's household in Gorton because we were visiting Sudan for a family wedding. Then on the morning of the 15th of April, I received news I never expected. A civil war had broken out in my home country.

My initial response was shock and a strange case of deja vu. At this point, my mum told me conflict had broken out between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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