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.
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.
3. On the bus she escaped Khartoum on, she said she met a man who alleged that the army rather than the RSF is responsible for freeing Islamists from prison.
4. As for travel advice for those also considering leaving Khartoum, she suggested that escaping within Sudan rather than going to the border with Egypt is relatively safer.
5. She also hinted at organisers of the bus journeys out of Khartoum exploiting the desperation of the internally displaced. However, she conceded their greed is understandable given the uncertainty that the state of war has created.
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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 👇
🗣️ “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”.
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🗣️ 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”.
Mohammed Hamdan Dagallo, also known as Himedti, is the vice-president of the Sudanese transitional military council, and the commander of the Rapid Support Forces militia.
According to Amnesty International, #SudanMassacre is a result of the Rapid Support Forces bringing to Khartoum its history of murders, rapes, looting, and other crimes, from Darfur.