#Hunger in #Sudan: Millet cost 90000 pounds a sack in Bilail, South #Darfur last week. This week, it's 105000. It's mid Feb, about 6 weeks since the end of the harvest, but stocks in reserve areas have run out + darfur24.com/en/2024/02/17/…
90% of production in areas whose stocks previously cushioned food security - Mershing, Bilail, Kass, al-Salam, Gereida - was wiped out by the war, says sec-gen of state govt +
Jan 10 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Over the Christmas period, half a million Sudanese were displaced from new battlegrounds south of Khartoum. Some are trying to move to neighbouring countries. How's that going? A thread +
You can get an Egyptian visa from a travel agent in Port Sudan for US$2950 and fly, or from the Wadi Halfa consulate, US$1800, and travel to Aswan overland. It's a long wait, and rents are high in both places +
Nov 7, 2023 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
Is a #genocide taking place against Masalit people in W #Darfur – deliberate attempt to destroy ethnic or national group in whole or in part? Here are some reasons which might explain why violence there is so intense: #ClimateCrisis, export-led #growth, #austerity, #racism.
Dar Masalit – a former sultanate on the Chad-Sudan border that became part of Sudan in the 20th C – It had been a destination for migrants for much of that century.
Oct 4, 2020 • 27 tweets • 4 min read
Thread for Sudan watchers summarizing the peace deal between Sudan’s transitional civil/military government and Sudan Revolutionary Front, whiwas signed in Juba yesterday. There's no official English translation yet.
Peace deal was negotiated on 5 regional tracks: Darfur, the 2 Areas of Blue Nile and S Kordofan, Northern/Eastern/Central Sudan. Also National Issues agreement and Refugee/Displaced Protocol.
Jun 29, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
South Sudan’s long wars have forced millions of people to leave their own homes, farms and pastures and move to unfamiliar new areas of the countryside, to refugee camps and cities. In the process, they have changed the way they get and eat basic foods.
Many remember the tastes of the old days: flavourful, satisfying sorghums, millets and other staples like cassava, which are grown from local seeds at home – South Sudan is fabulously biodiverse, and has dozens of unclassified local seed varieties.
Mar 24, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Here's a thread for Sudan nerds. Under Sudan's previous government, it was difficult to get hold of official data on Sudan's population and its economy, even for the most dedicated googlers. Officials directed researchers to broken links on their websites.
But I just found out that the Central Bureau of Statistics has released a lot of data relevant for Sudan research. Here for example is the 1973 census cbs.gov.sd//resources/upl…
