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00:02 Report by Sella Oneko
00:25 Muhamed Zakaria | Sudanese Filmmaker | Kampala
03:45 Muhamed Zakaria | Sudanese Filmmaker | Kampala
05:30 Muhamed Zakaria | Sudanese Filmmaker | Kampala

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Today I received this video. The video shows the RSF milita drones shelled a shelter in El-Fasher. The shelter hosts displaced families and a community kitchen, where people gather daily for their meals.

Six people were killed and more than 15 wounded.

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Location: Kampala, Uganda

Mohamed Zakaria – Photographer and journalist

My name is Mohamed Zakaria from Sudan, North Darfur, El Fasher. I’m a photographer and journalist. I chose to tell human stories and document the human rights violations in Darfur and in Sudan.

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I continue documenting what's happening in Sudan by receiving messages from my network, from my relatives, from my friends. They text me and send me voice notes about what's happening there.

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The situation now is very, very bad.

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In the beginning of the war, there was fighting between the rapid support forces and Sudanese army forces.

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I took this picture before the siege. This was the last convoy to enter the city, carrying food and medicine and goods.

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And the important thing: these were the last supplies entering the city of El-Fasher.

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Life under siege was very, very, hard.

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The food disappeared from the markets and even the medicine disappeared from the hospitals. At the time, I saw children crying due to hunger and dying, due to hunger and malnutrition.

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There was heavy shelling and heavy attacks happening everyday.

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So no one knows whether he will die today or tomorrow.

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On the first day of the war, we moved to our aunt's house because our house was near to the RSF headquarters.

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Losing my house was very, very painful. I took this photo in the place where gathered as a family - watching TV, eating meals.

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And the war started and our house was bombed, I evacuated my family to Chad. Then we were in five different countries.

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We thought we would find some safety at our aunt's house because its in the middle of the city of El-Fasher.

But our aunt's house was bombed on the fourth day of the war. The bomb killed four of our neighbors and injured 19 persons. So, my brother and I were amongst the injured. And I just blacked out and found myself in a truck. That's where I took this photo. I don't know how I took this photo because I lost a lot of blood at that time, but I thought it was important to document it.

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After this, I reached the hospital. I feel like I'm lucky because I got some treatment.

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I’m lying on the ground because there were a lot of people, a lot of civilians injured inside the city of El-Fasher because of the shelling and the stray bullets. This shows that everyone inside the city of El-Fasher, every civilian is a target.

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Date: June 2024

The decision to leave El-Fasher was the hardest decision I made. The journey was very, very difficult. I spent 11 days El-Fasher to reach Juba in South Sudan.

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I went through 17 RSF checkpoints, hiding my identity and also carrying my SD cards with me.

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It was very dangerous because they contained the truth about what's happening to the people of El-Fasher.

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I continue to receive videos from El-Fasher. The last one I received was taken at a mosque. The RSF drone attacked the mosque in "…"neighborhood in El Fasher, killing more than 75 people.

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The people can't leave the city because of the siege. The RSF are also waiting for the civilians. They arrest them, they kill them. We see videos every day on social media, showing RSF soldiers arresting young people and civilians who try to leave El-Fasher.

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I believe I will go back to my city El-Fasher to work and rebuild what the war has destroyed. But for now I will work to document what's happening there, try to shed light on the situation and document the human rights violations.

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