Showing posts with label refugee orphans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label refugee orphans. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

We give thanks today for the witness of John the Apostle and Evangelist: The Word Became Flesh

PRAYING for the long-suffering people of Sudan and South Sudan.

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Post script from Sudan Watch Editor

HERE are some of the most famous lines from the New Testament in the Bible (King James Version). Click on hyperlinked words to view the Context, full Chapter and the previous and next verse. Note that any words printed in red in a Holy Bible are to show the words spoken by Jesus.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 8:58 - Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”. ~ Luke Chapter 11, Verse 9,


ENDS

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

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

PLEASE help these children, their carers and Radwan Abdel-Jabbar, one of the workers at Mygoma Orphanage who has made a desperate plea for help in the video below. 300 orphans were dramatically evacuated by ICRC on 7 June 2023 from the Mygoma Orphanage in Khartoum and taken to safety in Wad Madani, Aj Jazirah State where 200 are now in need of urgent help.

A translation of the below copied videos posted at X says: "The head of the Meguma Orphanage through tears urges leaders and international organizations to help evacuate 200 children, most of them with disabilities, and orphanage staff as soon as possible. The situation is getting worse in Madani ( #السودان ). 200 children with disabilities whose lives are in danger! #KeepEyesOnSudan"

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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

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Friday, December 01, 2023

FILM France24 investigates massacre in Darfur Sudan

NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor:  Every week I read hundreds of news reports and thousands of socials commenting on Sudan and South Sudan.

Most of it is propaganda, self-serving promo, activism, lazy journalism, AI. Little hard news coming out of Sudan is made public. Khartoum's destroyed.


People in organisations such as the UN can’t speak out, others work quietly in Port Sudan or neighbouring countries. Aid agencies must remain neutral.


This report by France 24 acts as a powerful witness to the pain and despair of long-suffering Sudanese facing a bleak future. It reduced me to tears. 


Much of the report is from Chad. Let's hope readers will view it more than once and listen closely to those who've been brave enough to be filmed.  


Note, the report says "accounts are reminiscent of the atrocities committed during the 2003-2013 war in Darfur". In reality, the Darfur war never ended.


The video can produce subtitles in different languages. It is simple to do: 

  • click on the video
  • go to its bottom frame
  • click on ‘CC’ to activate subtitles
  • click on  ‘wheel’ for Settings
  • click on ‘Subtitles/CC' - keep it in English or:
  • click on ‘Auto-Translate’ to see a list of other languages
  • click on desired language.
  • For viewers with special visual needs such as larger subtitles:
  • click on ‘Subtitles/CC’ and see 'options' in top right corner
  • click on ‘options’ to view and select from list of options.

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Report from REPORTERS France 24 English

Anchor MARK OWEN @markowenf24

Nairobi correspondent ELODIE COUSIN @MlleCsn

Dated Friday, 01 December 2023, 13:23 - here is a copy in full:


Stories of horror: Investigating a massacre in Sudan's Darfur region



Since the start of Sudan's brutal civil war in April, mass killings of civilians have been perpetrated in the West Darfur region. Our team investigates atrocities committed against the local Masalit ethnic group.


Since the start of the war in Sudan on April 15, the capital Khartoum has been the scene of a deadly power struggle between warring generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo. But in the west of the country, in Darfur, a different horror is unfolding. Hemedti's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary and local Arab militia groups are systematically targeting the African Masalit ethnic group. Numerous videos have emerged of torture, massacres and arbitrary arrests. Refugees speak of sexual violence.


Our team went to the border between Chad and Sudan, where 450,000 people have taken refuge, to hear their stories. These accounts are reminiscent of the atrocities committed during the 2003-2013 war in Darfur, in which 300,000 people were killed, according to the UN. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has since opened an investigation into war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the main military leaders of the time.


Our Nairobi bureau brings us this special report.


View original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20231201-stories-of-horror-investigating-a-massacre-in-sudan-s-darfur-region or https://f24.my/9yI7


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