KHARTOUM: Stalked by war and hunger for two years, more and more Sudanese civilians are desperately seeking safety in Europe, braving perilous crossings of the Libyan desert and the Mediterranean Sea.
More than four million Sudanese have fled abroad since the war between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in 2023. Over 10 million more have been displaced inside the country, according to UN figures.
The Mixed Migration Center, a research and policy organization, reported a 20 percent increase in the number of Sudanese trying to reach Europe via Libya this year.
AFP has gathered firsthand accounts from those scattered along the route — some still waiting for a way out, others stuck in Libya and a few who have reached the relative safety of Europe but remain haunted by what they left behind.
Ibrahim Yassin, 20, left eastern Sudan in December 2023, “hoping to reach Libya, and then Europe.”
