They displaced from Sinja and Al-Dinder on foot towards Gedarif

More than 55,000 citizens face an unknown fate

Sudan Events – Amir Abdul Majeed

You cannot, while browsing through the pages of the social networking site “Facebook”, ignore the huge number of messages from families searching for missing persons and loved ones who disappeared after the entry of the Rapid Support RSF Militia into their areas, particularly in Sinja and Al-Dinder.
Large numbers of children were separated from their families and their way is still unknown, and elderly men and women also disappeared and no one knows anything about their fate.
Looting and Terrorising :

Thousands of people left the cities and were stranded here and there after the rains fell, their fate is unknown, with continuous talk about massacres committed by the militia in the region, such as the massacre of the villages of Sennar and Sinja, in which more than 40 citizens were killed, and incidents of looting, theft and terrorizing to force citizens to evacuate their homes, as happened in the city of Sinja, which was subjected to the looting of the main market, homes and shops.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that more than 55,000 people fled from Sinja and the areas of Abu Hajar and Al-Dali.

Displacement Journey :

An eyewitness reported that he saw dozens of girls running on the bridge linking the city of Sinja and the locality of Al-Dinder while waiting for the turn of the car that would take them to cross the place on the displacement journey that began from the city of Sinja to reach the city of Gedarif in the east of the country, and hundreds of citizens left the city on foot due to a shortage of vehicles and fuel.
The city of Gedarif is located (185) kilometers northeast of the locality of Al-Dinder, and is located (200) kilometers in the same direction from the city of Sinja.
The Rapid Support RSF Militia had launched an attack on Al-Dinder and looted citizens’ cars. Journalist Abdel Raouf Taha had appealed to the citizens of Gadarif, particularly those who own tractors and cars, to move and carry with them food, medicine, insulin in particular, ropes of loot, tea, oranges and dates, and to head to Al-Maqrah area to receive the families who left Umm Rakhma, who suffered a terrifying journey and severe hunger and need everything from water and bread, and they do not have money because their phones are either broken or looted. He said in an appeal to the people of Gedarif, “There are people riding in uncovered vehicles who need tarpaulins because it rained yesterday and it’s cold and hunger is severe.
There are vehicles that broke down on the road and need to be pulled.” He added, “The most tired people are those who are spread out on the road between the Dinder Bridge and Abu Rakhm on the roads since yesterday and the day before and there is no food, but the canal is close so they can drink from it. The children are crying in heartbreaking voices, because of hunger. The infants’ mothers do not have milk because of the severe hunger and they are unable to carry themselves. The number of those who have been displaced is estimated at more than 50,000.”
He continued, people have been looking at the sky since yesterday and are afraid of the rain. Oh Allah , let it be around us and not on us. The rain closes the road and increases the suffering, the weather is getting cold and hunger is getting worse. Some people are going to die of hunger.
We had 31 dates with us, and we gave 5 dates to diabetics. We had 21 dates left, and we distributed them to the children, one by one. , their joy was indescribable.
There is no… “There is something worse than children crying from hunger,” he said. “In Ab Rakhma, I bought two juice bottles for pregnant mothers because they had a drop in blood pressure and had been suffering from hunger and thirst for two days. I told them to drink it slowly because if the children saw it, they would say they wanted it but there was no money.
They were carrying the juice and were unable to stand or drink and let their children drink. I went back again and bought two bottles for diabetics and distributed one bottle to the children, dose by dose.”
Displacement Paths :

Sennar Youth Gathering page on Facebook had said in a post that the Rapid Support RSF Militia had entered Wad Al-Eis area and the villages closest to Sinja, while Al-Dali area had witnessed a large displacement with thefts of entire homes and institutions.
It indicated that the displacement movement was taking place on foot towards Al-Mazmoum.
The gathering affirmed that Sennar is still safe and is witnessing a large displacement movement that continues for the third day with fuel problems, the shutdown of some departments in the hospital, and power outages.
It said that the movement is taking place via the Sennar Dam towards the east via Karima and taking the path to the borders of Gedarif State, as well as the Eastern Bridge passing through Wad Al-Abbas from the east of Sennar, passing through Al-Shambatta, then Wad Al-Abbas, Al-Shaqilah, Eid Al-Walid, Abu Rakhma, Al-Maqrah, and Al-Faw until Gedarif .
. The post added that the alternative road to Doba Bridge is the Abu Kham road from the east of Sennar after the Eid Al-Walid area. It indicated that to reach Singa to Gedaref, one must cross three rivers, namely the Blue Nile, and in normal circumstances, the crossing is via the Singa Bridge or the Sennar Dam Bridge and the Dinder River.
Normally, crossing takes place via the Dinder Bridge on the Dinder River or the Doba Bridge east of Sennar, and normally crossing takes place via the Hawata Bridge on the Rahad River or the Abu Rakhm Dam Bridge.

Numbers of Fleeers :

Reliable reports indicate that the majority of families from Singa and Abu Hajar localities, about (50,000) individuals, were displaced to the Rahad locality in Gedaref, while about 5,000 individuals were displaced to sites across the Damazin locality in Blue Nile, and about 440 individuals were displaced via the Jabalain locality in White Nile State.
Reports indicated that approximately 1,455 individuals fled from the Jebel Moya area in Sennar locality between 26 and 29 June 2024, due to clashes in Jebel Moya.