Driven to Starvation, Sudanese People Eat Weeds and Plants to Survive as War Rages
- In Sudan, many people are turning to weeds and wild plants to relieve hunger pangs as war continues and food scarcity increases.
- Residents consume these plants out of desperation, sometimes boiling them in saltwater due to a lack of other food options.
- Some individuals are resorting to sucking on coal to alleviate hunger.
- A.H. expressed hope in his poem amid despair, stating, "you, Koro, were a symbol of life and a title of loyalty.
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At Least 40 Killed in Sudanese Hospital Attack Amid Civil War
(Human Events)—At least 40 people, including children and healthcare workers, were killed in an airstrike on Al-Mujlad Hospital in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, according to health officials and civil society groups. The attack took place on Saturday near an active front in Sudan’s ongoing civil war. The World Health Organization condemned the strike, calling it “another appalling attack” on medical infrastructure in the conflict. “We cannot say …
Driven to starvation, Sudanese people eat weeds and plants to survive as war rages - Regional Media News
CAIRO (AP) — With Sudan in the grips of war and millions struggling to find enough to eat, many are turning to weeds and wild plants to quiet their pangs of hunger. They boil the plants in water with salt because, simply, there is nothing else. Grateful for the lifeline it offered, a 60-year-old retired school teacher penned a love poem about a plant called Khadija Koro. It was “a balm for us that spread through the spaces of fear,” he wrote, an…
Army drones continue to bomb cities in West Kordofan State. Rapid Support Forces killed and wounded, combat vehicles destroyed, and civilians killed and wounded. The Rapid Support Forces arrest civilians. Sudan War Observatory: West Kordofan State. Since thwarting the Rapid Support Forces' attempt in the West Kordofan sector to attack the headquarters of the 22nd Division in Babanusa, West Kordofan, on Friday, June 20, 2025, the army's aircraft …
Hind Meddeb on her devastating documentary Sudan, Remember Us
Film and TV Hind Meddeb on her devastating documentary Sudan, Remember Us Still from the film Sudan, Remember Us. Courtesy of Tape Collective The director’s new film is a powerful and urgent reminder of the Sudanese revolution now eclipsed by brutal conflict Leila Latif Columnist 27 June 2025 There’s a moment in Sudan, Remember Us that’s particularly difficult to shake. A young woman paints over a crumbling wall in Khartoum, not far from where …
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