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Arwa Ibrahim

Sudanese face ‘shocking’ delays, no aid at Egypt border

People get on trucks to flee fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Bahri, also called Northern Khartoum [File: Reuters]

Long lines of 50-person buses queue in Argeen, one of two main crossings along the Egyptian-Sudanese border, as they carry thousands of people escaping fighting in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, to neighbouring countries.

Mounds of luggage pile up next to crowds of hungry and exhausted people, including children, chronically ill people, and elderly men and women. They wait in the scorching April heat without food, water, sanitary toilets or access to basic healthcare before crossing into Egypt.

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