Thousands of Sudanese civilians have taken the same treacherous route over the last month — coordinating their escapes from the war-ravaged capital on Facebook and WhatsApp groups and spending hundreds of dollars on bus seats to flee north.
ASWAN, Egypt — The family of four packed their bags quickly. There was only room for essentials.
Shops are closed and streets nearly deserted in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on May 1 as fighting continued between rival military factions. It was only a small scuffle, she figured, and went back to grading. But after three hours of gunfights and shelling, she raced home. Later that day, the power went out in their house. It never came back.
Then they packed a few changes of comfortable clothes — leaving everything fancy behind. Sheraz also packed her gold, expecting she would need to sell it to survive without work in Egypt. Abdulrahman packed a book and the school prize he won for reading 51 stories in a single year. Ammar tried to squeeze in a soccer ball; Sheraz added a few family photos to her bag.Yasir took out the photos — they had digital copies — and the ball, knowing he could replace it in Egypt.
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