With hundreds killed in the Sudan civil war and the United States evacuating its citizens, Sudanese Americans in the Bay Area hope this isn't the end of U.S. involvement in their homeland.
On April 15, life suddenly changed in Sudan. The capital city of Khartoum has become a battleground with seemingly random bombing as two army generals fight each other for control of the country. It is estimated that 100,000 people are desperately trying to flee the country.
Elrufaie said the people were proud after a popular uprising ousted longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. He said they made a mistake trusting the military to assume control with promises of civilian rule. Now the two generals are staging a bloody battle to become the next dictator. "Who's worried?" asked Hana Baba of her Sunday school class in Milpitas. Every hand shot up. Baba teaches Sudanese culture, and she knows that the kids are well aware of what's happening to their cousins and grandparents in the homeland. She said, beside the loss of life, there is a fear that the nation's very identity could now be in danger.
Here in the Bay Area, Sudanese are trying to make people aware of the looming catastrophe. They know that America often casts a blind eye to violence in African nations but they want everyone to know that, as a people, they too stood up for the ideals of liberty. They're asking the world for help.
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