Thread by @SudanInTheNews

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

https://twitter.com/moh_gamea/status/1650363890536964097

(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”.

(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”.

(3/17)

🗣️ “If Al-Jazeera goes to any home they will find that there is no army. I am not against the army. I would like them to be on top because these RSF aren’t even humans. They go into people’s kitchens, they threaten them, they eat their food”.

(4/17)

🗣️ “I escaped but there are people in [the nearby neighbourhoods of] Hilat Hamad and Hilat Khogali who don’t have a way to escape. Some people don’t have a way to eat as the RSF took their food, cars and money. In [parts of Bahri], the RSF are in every house”.

(5/17)

🗣️ “This has been happening for three days. The RSF are taking up positions on our streets. Nobody leaves their home. Even when the water and electricity was cut, nobody could leave their home”.

(6/17)

🗣️ “The RSF were entering homes. I am one of the people who’s homes they entered and right now they are in my home. When the army starts to fire at them, the RSF run towards [civilians] and our homes”.

(7/17)

🗣️ “Nobody in Sudan wants the RSF. They are criminals. They don’t speak like us. They don’t have faith in God. I swear to God I have no relation to the army or anybody in the army”.

(8/17)

🗣️ “My mother lives near me and Dana missile shells fell on her home. All of our neighbourhood left. We can’t even go to collect passports because the RSF are sitting in our homes”.

(9/17)

🗣️ “In my area, the RSF hasn’t left a person with their phone or a penny or food. The shops have been looted”.

(10/17)

🗣️ “I don’t know a thing about politics and I don’t speak about politics - but we are familiar with the RSF. For 2-3 years they have been posted up next to us and they walk through our neighbourhoods”.

(11/17)

🗣️ “I’ve been staying in Al-Sababi [a neighbourhood in Bahri] for 10 years and the RSF enter our neighbourhood and stare at us. They don’t ask us and we don’t ask them”.

(12/17)

🗣️ “We know the RSF well - there’s a spot next to us called the Fur Market where they make trouble. Their language and the way they look isn’t like us. They don’t speak Arabic well. They open the door and say ‘we’re staying here now’”.

(13/17)

🗣️ “I ask the army and police to protect citizens. We haven’t seen any army and I hope that the army protects my country and is victorious”.

(14/17)

🗣️ “I swear to God - people left without any clothes. We came without our bags, we only came with the clothes we were wearing. We left everything and went out. The RSF are living in the homes of all of us who left”.

(15/17)

🗣️ “Every house next to Shambat Bridge, until Hilat Hammad, Al-Sababi and Al-Mirghaniya [places in Bahri] - the RSF is fully in control. My other relatives can’t even leave the area”.

(16/17)

🗣️ “The RSF haven’t taken control with manners and respect. They took control with gunfire and lootings - actions we haven’t seen in Sudan our whole lives”.

(17/17)

🗣️ “When it gets to situation like this, what can we do? We won’t be able to return to our homes again. Please - army and police - start moving”.