WeeklySA_AdminSudan has been embroiled in conflict for more than two years, with civilians enduring untold suffering. Fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) broke out in the centre of Khartoum on April 15 2023, and quickly spiralled into carnage. With some 12 million people displaced, the conflict has paralysed Africa’s third-largest country.
A catastrophic famine is ravaging the more remote areas, while a nightmare of sexual violence persists for women and girls across the country. Freelance photojournalist Giles Clarke documented the scale of the war’s brutality, away from the fighting in Khartoum, focusing on the mass displacement and the effects of the two-year war on civilians.
He explained: “My focus here is on the plight of displaced civilians, particularly women, and their daily struggle. I have spent the past 15 years photographing the impact of conflict, environmental damage and social injustices on civilian populations worldwide. What I am witnessing in Sudan today is among the most distressing.”
