The assault on Zamzam refugee camp and what it manner for the Sudan battle – podcast

Zamzam, in Darfur, has been a spot of shelter for many years. A sprawling camp in western Sudan, some have estimated that it homes as much as 700,000 folks – a spot of relative protection from the violence that has engulfed the area over the past 20 years.

It used to be additionally some of the closing holdouts in Darfur, some of the few puts within the area no longer but below the keep an eye on of the Rapid Support Forces. The paramilitary staff has fought a devastating civil battle with the Sudanese military since April 2023.

As the Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed studies, it used to be by no means going to closing. In mid-April, the RSF introduced a devastating assault at the camp itself, killing as many as 400 folks, and inflicting loads of 1000’s to escape around the wasteland.

It used to be, most likely, a part of a concerted plan, for in the similar week that the RSF took Zamzam, it introduced a breakaway executive over the entire Sudanese territory it controls. Just weeks previous, the Sudanese executive had its personal decisive second, in the end wresting again keep an eye on of the capital, Khartoum. So will Sudan be successfully break up into two?

The human rights activist Altahir Hashim tells Michael Safi what it’s been like for him making an attempt to be informed what came about to his circle of relatives in Zamzam, and his fears for the battle in Sudan forward.