Weapons Remain Silent in Khartoum, but Mines Continue to Kill

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Malick’s sharp screams resonate in the emergency room of Al Nao Hospital, in the Sudanese city of Omdurman. The 17-year-old teenager, in addition to a dozen deep head wounds, has a bloody bandage on his wrist, where his right hand should be. He was picking dates from the ground in a field when he lifted an explosive that detonated in his hand. That day he was going with 18-year-old Mohamed, who now has a huge hole on one side of his head and onl…