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On World Refugee Day, we share the stories of 2 Sudanese women forced to leave the lives they had built when war arrived. Every morning, Ikhlas wakes at 3:30am. She makes dough to bake into kisra (a thin fermented bread, which is a staple in Sudanese homes), then sells it, piece by piece, to families [...]

It is 1 year since a brutal war erupted in Sudan (read here), pushing the country to the verge of famine and creating the world’s biggest displacement crisis. Many of Islamic Relief’s own staff have been deeply affected by the violence. Elsadig Elnour, Islamic Relief’s Country Director in Sudan, reflects on the events of the [...]

On 15 April 2023, the lives of millions of Sudanese people were brutally ripped apart. Fierce street battles broke out in the usually peaceful capital city of Khartoum. Families fled as bullets and shells tore indiscriminately through heavily populated neighbourhoods and bodies piled high in the streets. Since then, a tornado of chaos has engulfed [...]