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A mother's diary: She and her son fled the fighting in Sudan's capital Khartoum

NPR

By Emmanuel Akinwotu

Published April 27, 2023 at 5:12 AM EDT

Buses are parked along a deserted street as people flee the southern part of Khartoum on April 27, 2023 amid street battles between the army and paramilitaries continue. - The Sudanese army pounded paramilitaries in the capital Khartoum with air strikes while deadly fighting flared in Darfur as the clock ticked down on a fragile US-brokered ceasefire now in its final full day.

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Emmanuel Akinwotu

Emmanuel Akinwotu is an international correspondent for NPR. He joined NPR in 2022 from The Guardian, where he was West Africa correspondent.

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