Lthe first rains of the rainy season flooded the streets of Port Sudan, disrupting tuk-tuk traffic. A few kilometers from the city center, water seeped into temporary shelters for thousands of displaced people seeking refuge in the districts of Deim-es-Salab and Iskan, on the outskirts of the pro-army government’s de facto capital.
On a mat placed on the muddy ground, Rahma’s youngest daughter (1) could not stay still. The one-year-old disappears under his mother’s thobe, then teases his sister with a metal comb. This touching scene contrasts with the story Rahma told. “We left a few days before the fall of El-Fasher,” the 25-year-old young woman began, referring to the capture of Darfur’s final capital against F…
