Bashir, Omar Hassan Al-
Love Songs and Tear Gas in a Tense Sudan Ramadan
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Friday night by the Nile, and a love song wafted on the warm breeze that blew across Tuti Island, a crescent of land at the confluence of the river’s two great branches. Hundreds of people had gathered on the beach for iftar, the sunset meal that breaks the daily fast during the […]
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‘They Keep Killing Us’: Violence Rages in Sudan’s Darfur Two Decades On
KRINDING, Sudan — A soot-streaked shell is all that remains of Awatif Fadl’s house, destroyed a year ago when gunmen riding camels, horses and motorcycles stormed through Krinding, a remote camp in Darfur, western Sudan, firing their weapons and burning every home in sight. Dozens of people were killed, including nine members of Ms. Fadl’s […]
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