As the Sudan war continues to rage on, daily life in the neighbourhood of El Geneina is like a war zone. So much so that even everyday people, like Mohamed Osman who is an accountant, are being forced to pick up an AK 47 rifle to defend his home.
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"Whenever there is an attack by the Janjaweed here in El Geneina, their fellow tribesmen come with their arms from across the border in Chad on motorbikes and on horsebacks to assist them," he told the BBC from his home in the northern Ardamata neighbourhood."I can't go there, let alone work," he noted, in a matter of fact way.
The latest violence is seen by analysts as a clear breach of the 11 May Saudi-brokered agreement between the RSF and the Sudanese army to alleviate the suffering of civilians, while talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire continue in Jeddah. Asked how he acquired his Soviet-made Kalashnikov rifle, he replied wryly: "The cheapest thing you can buy here is a weapon."
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