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Sudan civil war: 'Half of my friends were killed' in el-Obeid school shelling

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Twins whose classmates were killed by shelling say their deaths have made them determined to finish their studies.

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Twin girls whose friends were killed in shelling say that because of their suffering, they are determined to finish their education.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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More than a year after the bombing of their school, two Sudanese sisters continued to teach them in El Obeid, north of Kordofan province.

This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. Returning to school was not an easy decision for twins Ikram and Makarem after they survived an attack on their school in El Obeid, North Kordofan, in August 2024. The attack, which the Rapid Support Forces were accused of carrying out, killed their teacher and several of their classmates, and injured dozens of students, including Makarem h…

It is not clear whether the shelling of the school was intentional. Regional authorities accuse the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, which is at war with the Sudanese army, of firing the shells

·Podgorica, Montenegro
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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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