What happens when back home becomes a war zone?
My family celebrated. I cried tears of relief and gratitude. I joined the millions of Sudanese people who started to let hope grow – who let ourselves believe that a democratic and free Sudan was being born right before our eyes. That belief grew stronger when it was announced that Mr. al-Bashir would be replaced by a council that would share power between the military and civilians, paving the way to full civilian rule.
Those days are now a distant memory. Two generals are battling each other for control over Khartoum, its residents held hostage by the crossfire. The civilian deaths number in the hundreds, the wounded, in the thousands. Those who have not fled the city are forced to remain inside, terrified, as clashes of tanks and heavy artillery and guns rage on; occasionally, they venture outside to replenish supplies during fragile ceasefires that never last as long as promised.
The current conflict in Sudan is not a civil war. This is not a fight involving Sudanese people against other Sudanese people. This is strongman versus warlord, a conflict with no one to root for: no “good guys,” no “right side,” only Sudan’s people, trapped under two warring egos. Tracing the root of the crisis feels pointless, though it’s impossible not to place some blame on the international community for not punishing Sudan’s army when it staged a coup in 2021 to end its planned experiment in democratic civilian rule. Countries that had been invested in resolving the conflict in Sudan during Mr. al-Bashir’s fall then stumbled into the
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