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Hundreds of South Sudanese returnees wait at Paloich Airport in South Sudan to board a government cargo plane. Since April 15, 2023, more than 5.4 million people have been forcibly displaced by conflict in Sudan. / UNHCR / Andrew McConnell 

‘Thank God I’m Home Safe’

A Christian displaced by the war in Sudan calls for peace.
February/March 2024
By Kaman Malek

I AM SOUTH SUDANESE. I went to Khartoum [Sudan] in 2019 to study at the Comboni College of Science and Technology. I was working at a hospital at night, and in the morning I went to school. That’s what I was doing when the war broke out in April 2023. There in Khartoum, Christians and Muslims were living normally. I was studying with them. I used to play soccer, basketball, and chill with them anytime. On Saturday morning, I was at home and we heard some big ammunitions. We saw a jet flying in the sky, shooting. It was terrible. For two days, from morning until 6 p.m., the guns never stopped. Everyone was shocked.

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Kaman Malek

Kaman Malek studies information technology at Starford International University College in Juba, South Sudan.

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