Students’ Eid meal scuppered by Sudan gun battle
It has been a sombre Eid for Ugandan students at the International University of Africa (IUA) in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.
“Today we managed to go for prayers in the morning but immediately we finished our prayers gunfire broke out between the two fighting parties,” one of the students told the BBC’s Focus on Africa radio programme.
This meant the Ugandan students were not able to have an after-prayer Eid meal as they had done in previous years to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
He said the university was surrounded by paramilitary fighters, which means the campus is in the firing line when they are attacked by the military.
Pharmacies, hospitals and markets around the university are closed.
“Everyone is in their rooms, we can’t go out – we can’t do anything.”
They were lucky enough to still be getting a meal provided by the university, so they had some food, he said.
“We’re just praying our governments do what is needed to make sure we safely leave this place – and maybe come back when the situation stabilises.”
By BBC
