EMACIATED WAR PRISONERS FREED IN KHARTOUM

The liberation of Khartoum has been celebrated across Sudan. For the men who were being held captive in the capital by the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF), it may have saved their lives. Despite enduring grim conditions and torture and suffering from malnutrition, with some unable to walk, their joy at being freed is palpable in the videos that have emerged online. Many prisoners were not so lucky, dying in RSF captivity. The two-year proxy war is exacting a terrible human cost. After the first year of war, US special envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello estimated that some 150,000 could have been killed. The UN says 11.3-million Sudanese are currently internally displaced, while almost 4 million have fled to neighbouring countries. On top of that, nearly 25 million are facing acute hunger.