Day: November 12, 2026

In April 2023, fighting broke out in Khartoum between the governing Sudanese Armed Forces and the rebel Rapid Support Forces. Sudan’s no stranger to civil wars, but earlier ones mostly were fought in the countryside. This one started in the capital, which is also where most of the country’s universities are. Since then, campuses have been looted, occupied, used as barracks, and shelled. Students and faculty scattered across Sudan and into Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, and beyond. To keep