“We were going to have a civil war, so just in case, I packed some bags”

by time news

2023-04-23 23:00:42

A building damaged during fighting between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals in the southern part of Khartoum on April 23, 2023. -/AFP

TESTIMONIALS – Fleeing the guerrillas that broke out on April 15, Sudanese refugees migrated to Egypt. Forced to give up everything, they do not know if they will ever be able to return home.

Aswan (Egypt)

She refuses to give her last name, agrees to say her first name, then changes her mind after glancing at her husband: “In fact, can you not reveal it? I’m afraid that we will be identified and that would be dangerous.Around 2 p.m. Saturday, a Christian family tribe of fifteen, about six adults and nine children, arrived from the war-torn Sudanese capital of Khartoum to the Tolip Hotel in Aswan, Egypt, after a particularly twenty hours by car.

On the Nile, the feluccas sail quietly, all sails deployed, doubled by cruise ships. The manager of the establishment, Mohamed, was waiting for the clan with a smile and a tray of drinks made from hibiscus, a local specialty. “This family called us yesterday to find out if we had room. The only advantage we offered them is to make them pay the same price as the Egyptians and not that of the foreigners. Either way, these…

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