Sudan: Remaining orphans from Madani denied entrance to Kassala where they've sought refuge

SADLY, this post at X by Munchkin Jan 8 says "after over week-long struggle to evacuate remaining orphaned children & caretakers from RSF-besieged Jezira, reports that group was denied entrance to Kassala where they have sought refuge. Refusal reportedly came from the Governor, citing “security risk" #KeepEyesOnSudan". Is it true? Read reports below as a backgrounder.

- After over week-long struggle to evacuate remaining orphaned children & caretakers from RSF-besieged Jezira, reports that group was denied entrance to Kassala where they have sought refuge.

- Refusal reportedly came from the Governor, citing “security risk”.#KeepEyesOnSudan

— Munchkin (@BSonblast) January 8, 2024 

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Related Reports

Sudan Watch - April 21, 2023

#NoToWar - Heroes aid Khartoum "You are welcome" - Hadhreen "We are present and ready to help"

At least 498 children in Sudan, and likely hundreds more, have died from hunger, including two dozen babies in a state orphanage, as critical services run out of food or close, according to a recent statement by the international NGO Save the Children (SC).  ... When Nazim Sirag, who heads Hadhreen, heard about more than 300 terrified children at an orphanage in Khartoum in need of food, water and medicine. He tweeted: "We can't provide milk for new-born babies, everyone is afraid." In response to our query via WhatsApp if any help had been found through his network, he says: "We are trying to reach them. Till now we failed. Everyone in Sudan is scared to go out," adding that the orphanage was in one of the "hot areas". "Tomorrow we have [to] try early in the morning. Wish us luck."

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/04/notowar-heroes-aid-khartoum-you-are.html

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Sudan Watch - May 29, 2023

Khartoum orphanage - 50 children including 24 babies died as fighting prevented staff reaching them

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/05/khartoum-orphanage-50-children.html

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Sudan Watch - December 20, 2023

Sudan: ICRC please help the children evacuated from Mygoma Orphanage in Khartoum to Wad Madani

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/12/sudan-icrc-please-help-children.html

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Sudan Watch - December 20, 2023

Sudan: UNICEF is working with partners to help 200 orphan babies evacuated from Khartoum to Madani

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/12/sudan-unicef-is-working-with-partners.html

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Sudan Watch - December 26, 2023

URGENT NOTE TO UNICEF'S MANDEEP O'BRIEN: Update evacuation of Mygoma orphans from Madani

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/12/urgent-note-to-unicefs-mandeep-obrien.html

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Sudan Watch - December 28, 2023

UNICEF Sudan: 253 babies and children have been safely evacuated from transit centres in Wad Madani

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/12/unicef-sudan-253-babies-and-children.html

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Arab supremacy is ravaging Sudan like an unchecked cancer. These Janjaweed psychopaths will never stop.

THESE two insightful posts by @skynews Africa correspondent @YousraElbagirat, published at microblogging platform X on Dec 26, say: 

 

"Janjaweed was an Arab supremacy project, it should’ve never existed. ...

Arab supremacy is ravaging our country like an unchecked cancer. We didn't treat the illness during the war with South Sudan and then again in the early 2000s conflict in Darfur - and now it's terminal."

"The history lesson my dad just gave me about Sudan just made me spiral even more about this war. I’ll see if I can find references & share. If what he said is true which typically is when I fact check him, then the international community needs to send troops in immediately because these psychopaths are actually never going to stop."

100% https://t.co/WXzj5CIMj1

— Yousra Elbagir (@YousraElbagir) December 26, 2023

Get harassed whenever I broach this topic but who actually gives af:

Arab supremacy is ravaging our country like an unchecked cancer.

We didn't treat the illness during the war with South Sudan and then again in the early 2000s conflict in Darfur - and now it's terminal. https://t.co/63RwLBLoNZ

— Yousra Elbagir (@YousraElbagir) December 26, 2023

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Further Reading

Sudan Watch - May 21, 2006

Fears Janjaweed will turn on Sudanese government if they try to take their arms by force

The Janjaweed is not an army,' said Eltayeb Hag Ateya, director of the Peace Research Institute at Khartoum University. 'It's more dangerous than that. It's a concept, a blanket. Some are pro-government, some are bandits, and some are mercenaries. 'The peace agreement says the government should disarm them all, but that's impossible. Not all are under its control - some are even against it.' ...

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2006/05/fears-janjaweed-will-turn-on-sudanese.html

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Sudan: UNICEF is working with partners to help 200 orphan babies evacuated from Khartoum to Madani

NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor: This copy of a post at X by Channel 4 News 19 Dec 2023 links to its video report containing news of 200 orphaned babies evacuated from Mygoma Orphanage in Khartoum to Wad Madani, Aj Jazirah. It shows footage of the orphans and their carer tearfully pleading for help, saying of the 200 babies he looks after, half need specialist care. 

The video report shows a UNICEF logo behind Ms. Mandeep O'Brien, Sudan Country Representative, UNICEF saying: “These are safe spaces, we are deeply worried about their situation and we are currently working with partners to see what practical solutions can be done to help these children”.

250,000 flee Sudan’s second city as paramilitary seizes controlhttps://t.co/dPP8adSsxX

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) December 19, 2023

Here is an intro to the report, copied from the website of Channel 4 News:

19 Dec 2023

250,000 flee Sudan’s second city as paramilitary seizes control 

By Keme Nzerem 

A quarter of a million people have been forced to flee heavy fighting in a part of Sudan which was supposed to be a safe haven. The UN said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces had seized control of the country’s second city Wad Madani – where hundreds of thousands of people from Khartoum have been seeking shelter. Aid organisations have suspended their work in the area, with reports of widespread looting. 

Keme Nzerem reports. 

Channel 4 News is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. -Wikipedia

View original and video: https://www.channel4.com/news/250000-flee-sudans-second-city-as-paramilitary-seizes-control 

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Related

Sudan Watch - May 29, 2023

Khartoum orphanage - 50 children including 24 babies died as fighting prevented staff reaching them

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/05/khartoum-orphanage-50-children.html

Sudan Watch - December 20, 2023

Sudan: ICRC please help the children evacuated from Mygoma Orphanage in Khartoum to Wad Madani

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2023/12/sudan-icrc-please-help-children.html

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Sudan: SAF to investigate its withdrawal from Madani

Report from Reuters online
Dated Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 4:13 PM GMT - here is a copy in full:

Sudanese army says its forces have withdrawn from Wad Madani city - statement

CAIRO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Sudanese army said in a statement on Tuesday that its forces have withdrawn from positions in Wad Madani city, adding that it will investigate the reasons for the withdrawal.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over Wad Madani, a city packed with displaced people and an aid hub, earlier this week.

Reporting by Moaz Abd-Alaziz, Writing by Nayera Abdallah, Editing by Christina Fincher

View original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudanese-army-says-its-forces-have-withdrawn-wad-madani-city-statement-2023-12-19/

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