Smoke from fighting in Khartoum in June, 2023.
Source: AFP/Getty ImagesOne Year On, Sudan’s Civil War Is a ‘Forgotten Crisis’
International donors have committed almost 1,000 times as much aid to Kyiv as they have to Sudan
Essam Ahmed was fixing mobile phones at a stall in the bustling Al Aylafun market on the east side of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, when war broke out in the North African country last April. Now the market is in ruins — along with most of the city — the country has been torn apart and he’s living in a makeshift displacement camp 300 miles from home.
“My entire life has been flipped upside down,” he said. “And I see that the world has totally forgotten about Sudan.”