Sudan's Cultural Heritage Becomes a Casualty in Its Civil War

Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war

Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years, an estimated 150,000 people have been killed, and nearly 13 million have been forced from their homes. But the destruction of Sudan’s cultural heritage has drawn far less attention. Jeffrey Brown reports for our art and culture series, CANVAS.

Major escalation in Sudan war as RSF claims all of Darfur

Sudan has been in the grip of a vicious civil war for over two years but the fall of the Sudanese Army’s main base in the western city of El-Fasher, has been described by the UN Secretary General as a major escalation that will add to the ‘unbearable’ suffering of civilians. The Sudanese Armed Forces control most of the north and east of the country including the capital Khartoum. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, now claim to have …

PBS: Sudan’s cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war

PBS: Sudan’s cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war. “Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years, an estimated 150,000 people have been killed, and nearly 13 million have been forced from their homes. But the destruction of Sudan’s cultural heritage has drawn far less attention.”The post PBS: Sudan’s cultural heritage becomes…