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Here is a summary🧵 of my experience in Khartoum #Sudan and beyond when the conflict erupted on 15 April!
- I Arrived Khartoum on 10th April, to take up a new role. I went to office on Tues, Wed and Thurs. Fri & Sat is weekend. Sunday is first day of the week and work.
- I Arrived Khartoum on 10th April, to take up a new role. I went to office on Tues, Wed and Thurs. Fri & Sat is weekend. Sunday is first day of the week and work.
- Friday 14, I scouted for an apartment and got one.
- Saturday April 15, I was headed to Dahabshil to pick money and pay landlord. Shooting erupted in front of my tuktuk (‘Raksha’). Driver Made the fastest U-turn have ever seen- back to hotel.
- Saturday April 15, I was headed to Dahabshil to pick money and pay landlord. Shooting erupted in front of my tuktuk (‘Raksha’). Driver Made the fastest U-turn have ever seen- back to hotel.
- From Sunday April 16, to one week later there was no hope but intense firing continued, cooks deserted the hotel and we had to go to the kitchen to cook, we ran out of supply but I had some water and a few sugary edibles. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
1/ Thread on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) propaganda/media team and RSF communications strategy, tools, and influencers.
Please retweet as this is an effort to crowdsource information. DMs open.
🧵 حول الفريق الإعلامي لقوات الدعم السريع
#KeepEyesonSudan
Please retweet as this is an effort to crowdsource information. DMs open.
🧵 حول الفريق الإعلامي لقوات الدعم السريع
#KeepEyesonSudan
2/ The Rapid Support Forces media effort is well-funded, international, and fairly sophisticated.
RSF Facebook page managers are located in UAE (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Sudan (1), and USA (1).
RSF Facebook page managers are located in UAE (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Sudan (1), and USA (1).
3/ These page managers may act somewhat as newsroom leaders (editors), coordinating with media specialists on the ground embedded in RSF units.
This 🧵 is about one of my oldest friends, who I've admired for literal decades, and who is Sudanese.
I met her in Cairo, a million years ago when I was desperate to *not* live in Brooklyn and the Arab world felt like a revelation...
I met her in Cairo, a million years ago when I was desperate to *not* live in Brooklyn and the Arab world felt like a revelation...
This girl and I met when we were at the same college, both Black women who wore silk scarves - but not over our hair 😉
We became friends and she kind of "adopted" me. Although she lived with her family in her 20s and I lived on my own and ran around with all kinds of people 🥴
We became friends and she kind of "adopted" me. Although she lived with her family in her 20s and I lived on my own and ran around with all kinds of people 🥴
She told me how her family had been forced to leave Sudan when she was younger: they'd left a flour processing factory behind and lived in London before moving the family to Egypt.
Although she invited me, I demurred when she went to visit relatives in Khartoum in the summer.
Although she invited me, I demurred when she went to visit relatives in Khartoum in the summer.
The Security & Military Intelligence Service is contradicting Sudanese values & violating the laws of war by evicting internally displaced people who are not Sudanese from shelters & dormitories, according to eyewitnesses in Wad Medani in Al Jazira State. #KeepEyesOnSudan
Security & Military Intelligence officers in Wad Medani are denying essential services to internally displaced people who are not Sudanese. The services, paid for by the city's generous residents, include food, medicine & emergency relief supplies for children & the elderly.
Multiple eyewitness reports from Wad Medani corroborate this social media post describing the desperate situation faced by resident foreigners in Sudan who have fled war in Khartoum, and who are being evicted from emergency shelters & denied essential relief services.
🧵Please RT this #PublicHealth thread for internally displaced people & refugees in Sudan on how to disinfect drinking water.💦 You can kill pathogens in Sudanese surface water by boiling it for one minute.🔥 But another safe method uses the sun.☀️ #KeepEyesOnSudan #SudanUpdates
The @WHO recommends solar disinfection (SODIS) to disinfect drinking water when you cannot boil water. All you need is clear, plastic bottles, such as 1-liter or 2-liter bottles that previously held soda or juice. Place the bottles on a roof or in full sunlight for 6 hours.☀️
Six hours of exposure in full sunlight (or two days of exposure if the weather is cloudy) will pasteurize the water. The UV-A solar radiation combined with the heat from the sun for 6+ hours will destroy or deactivate most pathogens, making your water much safer to drink.
Gineina, West Darfur -- 10:45pm
"Now that telecom is back, let's talk about the reality of what's happening:" -- A THREAD 🧵
#KeepEyesOnSudan
"Now that telecom is back, let's talk about the reality of what's happening:" -- A THREAD 🧵
#KeepEyesOnSudan
"On April 24, the city rose to the sounds of gunfire and blazing fires coming from the west and south.
The fires spread and the gunfire approached until it had taken over the entire city."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
The fires spread and the gunfire approached until it had taken over the entire city."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Parties in the conflict:
"The city was attacked by a militia on horseback, motorcycles and cars; they are associated w/RSF & come from Chad, Niger & surrounding areas.
The militia opened fire on the city; they were attacked by SAF & armed resistance groups"
#KeepEyesOnSudan
"The city was attacked by a militia on horseback, motorcycles and cars; they are associated w/RSF & come from Chad, Niger & surrounding areas.
The militia opened fire on the city; they were attacked by SAF & armed resistance groups"
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Thread 🧵
As we continue to discuss stories of "heroic rescue" of foreign nationals, I think this is a perfect time to examine the Q? of *who* gets to be a 'foreign national' worthy of rescue.
We've already established citizens of Sudanese origin = not it.
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As we continue to discuss stories of "heroic rescue" of foreign nationals, I think this is a perfect time to examine the Q? of *who* gets to be a 'foreign national' worthy of rescue.
We've already established citizens of Sudanese origin = not it.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
And it's not Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees and residents, because no one has even *mentioned* them since the beginning of this conflict.
Among the most vulnerable groups, traumatized and displaced by war twice-over. But it is as if they don't even exist.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Among the most vulnerable groups, traumatized and displaced by war twice-over. But it is as if they don't even exist.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
And it's not #Syrian refugees & residents, either.
In my friend's neighborhood is a Syrian bakery that has not closed since the beginning of this crisis.
One of the staff told him "None of us have stopped working. We've been through this before. We've been through worse."
In my friend's neighborhood is a Syrian bakery that has not closed since the beginning of this crisis.
One of the staff told him "None of us have stopped working. We've been through this before. We've been through worse."
🧵 News from outside Khartoum [Apr 26]
🧵اخبار من خارج الخرطوم [٢٦ ابريل]
#Sudan_Updates
#Sudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
🧵اخبار من خارج الخرطوم [٢٦ ابريل]
#Sudan_Updates
#Sudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
Insecurity and a nationwide healthcare crisis means that the city of AlGineina has not been able to take stock of the human toll of the last 2 days of violence.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Today's quick & dirty update [April 25]
- Things continue to escalate in Gineina, W. Darfur, as clashes between the RSF & SAF intensify despite the 72-hour nationwide ceasefire brokered by the US/KSA.
See @BeamReports' interactive map: tinyurl.com/4atvhtv7
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Things continue to escalate in Gineina, W. Darfur, as clashes between the RSF & SAF intensify despite the 72-hour nationwide ceasefire brokered by the US/KSA.
See @BeamReports' interactive map: tinyurl.com/4atvhtv7
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- In a disturbing development, police in Gineina reportedly opened their armory & encouraged civilians to take up arms.
- Involving civilians threatens to take the conflict from 2 warring military factions to something more widespread.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Involving civilians threatens to take the conflict from 2 warring military factions to something more widespread.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Violence was not only confined to Gineina; in Khartoum, heavy shelling & airstrikes continued.
- Doctors in Omdurman report dire circumstances; reusing PPEs & surgical kits.
- Many facilities still out of commission as healthcare system buckles under the weight of conflict.
- Doctors in Omdurman report dire circumstances; reusing PPEs & surgical kits.
- Many facilities still out of commission as healthcare system buckles under the weight of conflict.
1. @mazinb_'s fund, which is going towards addressing the *immediate* needs of people on the ground.
VERY transparent, with daily expenditure reports.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
VERY transparent, with daily expenditure reports.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
2. SAPA -- The Sudanese American Physicians Association
Registered org w/ strong track record of diligent work on the ground. Addressing all things healthcare (Sudan had a health crisis even before this new development)
#KeepEyesOnSudan #أحداث_السودان
sapa-usa.org/sudan-war-cris…
Registered org w/ strong track record of diligent work on the ground. Addressing all things healthcare (Sudan had a health crisis even before this new development)
#KeepEyesOnSudan #أحداث_السودان
sapa-usa.org/sudan-war-cris…
A #Sudan-ese mother who fled to Egypt gave an eyewitness testimony of the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) dominance in Bahri, including the occupation and looting of civilian homes such as her own.
We translated her comments to @AJArabic in the thread below 👇
#KeepEyesOnSudan
We translated her comments to @AJArabic in the thread below 👇
#KeepEyesOnSudan
(1/17)
🗣️ “I am one of the residents of Al-Sababi [a neighbourhood in Bahri]. The RSF robbed and looted our home and took our money, gold and cars. They fired bullets at our feet. My home was occupied. They have occupied Al-Sababi and they’re in every home”.
🗣️ “I am one of the residents of Al-Sababi [a neighbourhood in Bahri]. The RSF robbed and looted our home and took our money, gold and cars. They fired bullets at our feet. My home was occupied. They have occupied Al-Sababi and they’re in every home”.
(2/17)
🗣️ We know [RSF troops’] language well. They don’t speak Arabic well. So don’t lie and say that they are being impersonated by people in RSF uniforms. We know them from their look and their accent”.
🗣️ We know [RSF troops’] language well. They don’t speak Arabic well. So don’t lie and say that they are being impersonated by people in RSF uniforms. We know them from their look and their accent”.
🧵 News from outside Khartoum [Apr 25]
🧵اخبار من خارج الخرطوم [٢٥ ابريل]
#Sudan_Updates
#Sudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
🧵اخبار من خارج الخرطوم [٢٥ ابريل]
#Sudan_Updates
#Sudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
Violence ignited with yesterday’s clash between SAF & RSF continues to ravage Gineina, West Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Today's quick & dirty update [April 24]:
- Clashes broke out b/w SAF & RSF in Gineina, West Darfur today, prompted by what can only be described as a misunderstanding.
See @BeamReports interactive map: tinyurl.com/4atvhtv7
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Clashes broke out b/w SAF & RSF in Gineina, West Darfur today, prompted by what can only be described as a misunderstanding.
See @BeamReports interactive map: tinyurl.com/4atvhtv7
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Armed militia entered the city & were spotted by SAF, which moved in to intercept; RSF reportedly assumed their advancement an attack, and opened fire.
- It is unclear whether the clash has caused any civilian casualties, but displacement was reported.
#KeepEyesOnMe
- It is unclear whether the clash has caused any civilian casualties, but displacement was reported.
#KeepEyesOnMe
- Air strikes were carried out on different areas of the tri-city capital, including a residential neighborhood in Alkalakla.
- 6 were killed in the bombing, and 1 was left critically injured.
#KeepEyesOnMe
- 6 were killed in the bombing, and 1 was left critically injured.
#KeepEyesOnMe
🚨 #SUDAN WAR DIARIES
A 22-year-old woman who fled Khartoum on a bus last night (23 April 2023) described her experience to us.
Thread below 👇
#KeepEyesOnSudan #sudan_update
A 22-year-old woman who fled Khartoum on a bus last night (23 April 2023) described her experience to us.
Thread below 👇
#KeepEyesOnSudan #sudan_update
1. She explained how her and her family left Khartoum after the internet blackout and they feared that they would die without anyone knowing since their neighbourhood has been deserted.
She said phone and internet signal returned immediately upon leaving Khartoum.
She said phone and internet signal returned immediately upon leaving Khartoum.
2. On her bus journey out of Khartoum, she said that she witnessed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) defeating the army in Khartoum, Bahri and Omdorman.
🧵 News from outside Khartoum [Apr 24]
🧵اخبار من خارج الخرطوم [٢٤ ابريل]
#Sudan_Updates
#Sudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
🧵اخبار من خارج الخرطوم [٢٤ ابريل]
#Sudan_Updates
#Sudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#أحداث_السودان
Important info re: travel to Egypt
1. No passport? Don’t even think about traveling
2. 3 months left on your passport? They might let it slide (you need 6mo validity); anything below 3, you’re denied entry.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
1. No passport? Don’t even think about traveling
2. 3 months left on your passport? They might let it slide (you need 6mo validity); anything below 3, you’re denied entry.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
3. Without a visa you won’t get past either Sudanese or Egyptian border.
4. Visas for men age 16-49
5. Currently they are not issuing visas
6. Re: renewing passport, if they stamp it, you will go thru border, as long as all other docs are complete
#KeepEyesOnSudan
4. Visas for men age 16-49
5. Currently they are not issuing visas
6. Re: renewing passport, if they stamp it, you will go thru border, as long as all other docs are complete
#KeepEyesOnSudan
7. You don't need a visa if you have a residency permit in the Gulf - with the exception of Qatar's residency, you WILL need a visa
8. The fees at the Sudanese border is 4,000 SDG
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8. The fees at the Sudanese border is 4,000 SDG
#KeepEyesOnSudan
🧵#SudanStressTips: Reducing the chronic stress of daily life as much as possible is important for overall health.
1. Make time for movement.🏃🏾 Wait for the crossfire to end & avoid checkpoints and roaming militias. Better yet, don't move; meditate while sheltering in place.🧘🏾
1. Make time for movement.🏃🏾 Wait for the crossfire to end & avoid checkpoints and roaming militias. Better yet, don't move; meditate while sheltering in place.🧘🏾
2. Set boundaries between your work & your personal life.🧱 Reinforce them with sand bags. Consider getting a guard dog.🐕🦺
3. Connect with people you care about. These may be people who own a generator or people with fuel to run a generator. Barter with food.🍞
#SudanStressTips
3. Connect with people you care about. These may be people who own a generator or people with fuel to run a generator. Barter with food.🍞
#SudanStressTips
4. Speak with a therapist.👩🏽⚕️ Ask them where you can find bread🍞 to barter for fuel⛽ to run your neighbor's generator to recharge your phone📶 to connect with your loved ones💙🇸🇩 to make a plan to make time for movement when the roads become safe. #SudanStressTips
Today's quick & dirty recap [April 23]
- A quiet day in Khartoum proper as foreign govts carried out evacuation of embassy officials.
- Elsewhere in the tri-city capital, clashes b/w RSF & SAF raged on. See @BeamReports interactive map: tinyurl.com/4atvhtv7
#KeepEyesonSudan
- A quiet day in Khartoum proper as foreign govts carried out evacuation of embassy officials.
- Elsewhere in the tri-city capital, clashes b/w RSF & SAF raged on. See @BeamReports interactive map: tinyurl.com/4atvhtv7
#KeepEyesonSudan
- RSF claimed to escort several foreign convoys to evacuation - notably US & France.
- The US has denied using the RSF as escort; no word from the French govt as of the writing of this recap.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- The US has denied using the RSF as escort; no word from the French govt as of the writing of this recap.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Many in Khartoum fear once evacuation missions are complete, violence will escalate even further.
- Major disruptions to internet & telecoms have significantly hindered access to info.
- Reasons for disruption unclear; some expect it due to power shortages.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Major disruptions to internet & telecoms have significantly hindered access to info.
- Reasons for disruption unclear; some expect it due to power shortages.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
🧵I commit to amplifying civil society leaders' voices in Sudan, such as Resistance Committees, trade unions, professional organizations & the Sudanese National Group for Civil Society Organizations & outside Sudan, the Support Group for Sudan Global Initiative. #KeepEyesOnSudan
I will help spread the word about Sudanese civil society leaders' initiatives for peace, #humanitarian relief, & #HumanRights. I will encourage others to stand with Sudanese people & support their efforts.
I will use my communications abilities & connections to reach out to key stakeholders & opinion leaders as well as everyday people from diverse backgrounds who support Sudanese solutions by Sudanese people with support from, but not interference by, the international community.
🧵The evacuation of embassies across Khartoum signals the international community's failure in #Sudan. While we pray for their safe departure, we also pray that when they return, they will dialogue humbly with Sudan's civil society leaders, not just warlords. #KeepEyesOnSudan
The U.S. & international community, including European nations, showed a failure of imagination by negotiating exclusively with SAF warlord Gen. Burhan🤏 and RSF warlord Hemedti🐍 instead of with Sudanese Resistance Committees, trade unions, intellectuals, young people & women.
We mourn the deaths of four Sudanese #humanitarian workers. Say their names:
* Siddig Abdalla Tahir, Osman Abdalla Ali & Yusuf Ibrahim of @WFP_Sudan, killed by RSF in Kabkabiya.
* Ahmed Othman Fadl, Director of @IOMSudan's office in Al-Fula, West Kordofan.👇
#Sudan_update
* Siddig Abdalla Tahir, Osman Abdalla Ali & Yusuf Ibrahim of @WFP_Sudan, killed by RSF in Kabkabiya.
* Ahmed Othman Fadl, Director of @IOMSudan's office in Al-Fula, West Kordofan.👇
#Sudan_update
Flight tracking file dump regarding the illegal & stealth gold smuggling connections of UAE, Sudan & more.
All documentations in this zip file.
we.tl/t-hk4WPh9sHl
#KeepEyesOnSudan
All documentations in this zip file.
we.tl/t-hk4WPh9sHl
#KeepEyesOnSudan
🧵flight analysis by source:
“Let's start with Aircraft Boeing 777-2FB(LR):
Flight takes off from UAE at around 12:30 PM, you can see that all flights Info is N/A,
It heads directly towards Sudan but skips all relevant airports, destination is still unknown”
“Let's start with Aircraft Boeing 777-2FB(LR):
Flight takes off from UAE at around 12:30 PM, you can see that all flights Info is N/A,
It heads directly towards Sudan but skips all relevant airports, destination is still unknown”
“At 16:56 the aircraft turns off its radar near "Nagoba", a bit North to Alfashir City
I stayed waiting for it to
resurface, knowing that "Nagoba" is less than 100 KM away from Dagalo's gold mining site at Jabal Amir”
I stayed waiting for it to
resurface, knowing that "Nagoba" is less than 100 KM away from Dagalo's gold mining site at Jabal Amir”
😞 @IOMSudan staff member dies when crossfire hits his family's vehicle south of El Obeid, Sudan.
"The senseless deaths of civilians including humanitarians, which claimed the lives of three @WFP_Sudan employees in North Darfur on Saturday, must end and peace be restored."
"The senseless deaths of civilians including humanitarians, which claimed the lives of three @WFP_Sudan employees in North Darfur on Saturday, must end and peace be restored."
"I am deeply saddened by the death of our humanitarian colleague, and join his wife and newborn child, and our team in Sudan in mourning." -- @IOMchief António Vitorino
قال مصدران من قوى الحرية والتغيير (لرويترز) إنه تم التوصل إلى تفاهم على أن كبار الضباط العسكريين لن يخضعوا للملاحقة القضائية، لكن المشاورات الأوسع ستستمر حول موضوعي الحصانة والعدالة الانتقالية. ولم ترد قوى الحرية والتغيير على الفور على طلب للتعليق.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
رويترز - قالت ثلاثة مصادر سياسية إن قادة الجيش السوداني قدموا مذكرات بشأن مسودة دستور كأساس للمحادثات بوساطة دولية مما يشير إلى تخفيف الجمود السياسي المستمر منذ عام.
ينص مشروع الدستور، الذي صاغته نقابة المحامين السودانيين في أغسطس، على سلطة انتقالية بقيادة مدنية مع الإشراف
ينص مشروع الدستور، الذي صاغته نقابة المحامين السودانيين في أغسطس، على سلطة انتقالية بقيادة مدنية مع الإشراف
على القوات المسلحة، التي ستخرج من السياسة بعد توقيع الاتفاق.
لكنه "الاتفاق" يواجه معارضة من الإسلاميين الذين سيطروا على السلطة في عهد الرئيس السابق عمر البشير واحتجوا على المحادثات يوم السبت، إضافة إلى حركة احتجاج تنظم مظاهرات كبيرة منذ أكثر من عام "لجان المقاومة".
لكنه "الاتفاق" يواجه معارضة من الإسلاميين الذين سيطروا على السلطة في عهد الرئيس السابق عمر البشير واحتجوا على المحادثات يوم السبت، إضافة إلى حركة احتجاج تنظم مظاهرات كبيرة منذ أكثر من عام "لجان المقاومة".
ضمنت فاغنر، شركة المرتزقة الروسية، مكانتها في قطاع الذهب السوداني وحافاظت على هذه المكانة أثناء عملها عن كثب مع الشركات التابعة للجيش السوداني الوحشي.
#Keepeyesonsudan
#مليونية3نوفمبر
#Keepeyesonsudan
#مليونية3نوفمبر
هذا العام، كشفت تقارير لبلومبرج ونيويورك تايمز وسي إن إن عن دور شركة مروي جولد السودانية ضمن شبكة فاغنر، أن الأخيرة كان تقدم الدعم والمشورة للديكتاتورية الوحشية في السودان من أجل الوصول إلى الذهب. الآن، حصلت @OCCRP التي تعمل بالشراكة مع @lemondefr على وثائق مسربة
بما فيها العقود والخطابات والمذكرات الداخلية، والتي تقدم تفاصيل جديدة عن كيفية قيام الشركة الأُم لشركة مروي المملوكة لبريغوزين - بدفع ملايين الدولارات لشركة تديرها المخابرات العسكرية السودانية. في المقابل، حصلت على تصاريح إقامة وأسلحة لموظفيها الروس كما يبدو أن مروي تلقت معاملة
