During the summer of 2024, exceptional rains fell, causing floods that broke bridges including a critical crossing over the Wadi Bare River. As a result, the main road between the city of Nyala and Chad was disrupted. For months, people were forced to cross the river by foot. Crucial food supplies were hampered, exacerbating a growing hunger crisis.
Civilians who escaped El Fasher reach a welcome checkpoint outside the safe haven of Tawila. For truck drivers carrying the civilians, it is a fraught and expensive journey. Taxes have to be paid to militias at numerous checkpoints. The checkpoint pictured – protecting Tawila from further attack by the RSF – is guarded by the Sudan Liberation Army’s Abdul Wahid faction,which has remained neutral in the current war.
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