Disability in Sudan

How the war in Sudan has cast its shadow on people with disabilities. (In Arabic, 2024, AlJazeera)

Children with special needs transform their lives interventions from Sudan Humanitarian Fund to support internally displaced people, including those with disabilities, in Blue Nile State. (2024)

Disabled children forced to flee fighting in Sudan video feature on how Insaf fled the fighting in Khartoum. (2024, Sky)

Disabled and Displaced The additional challenges faced by disabled people in the Sudan crisis. “even to escape to another state other than the one in which the clashes are taking place, and it is difficult for us to reach food and health needs.” (2023, ADD)

Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum. (2023, Reuters)

“We are not alone”. A Debrief feature on disabled people in Sudan's conflict. A call for solidarity: “desperate circumstances, the institutions that let them down, and the systems of love that hold things together.” Also available in Arabic. (2023, Disability Debrief)

Elkhansa: A Sudanese Refugee’s Fight for Disability Awareness “Although safe, she only felt the weight of her disability in Egypt.” (2024, UNHCR)

As hundreds of thousands flee Sudan, inclusion must be prioritised. Refugees fleeing to South Sudan. (2023, Light for the World)

Elkhansa's Story “Elkhansa is a young leader in Sudan. She is a disability rights activist advocating for equal rights for disabled women and girls in her country.” (2023, ADD)

A moment that changed me: after losing my hearing, newspapers helped me find a way to cope (2022, the Guardian) By Saleh Addonia, a refugee from Eritrea, who later moved to the UK and whose short story collection the Feeling House has just come out.