Inside Sudan's Devastating War - Arthur Larie - Photojournalist and Videomaker

Ahmed Bushra, A former revolutionary who fought against the military coup in 2021, who has now taken up arms alongside the army to fight.

INSIDE SUDAN WAR - AUGUST 2024

Since April 15, 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in chaos. A nation whose youth had fought tirelessly since the 2019 revolution for freedom, justice, and an end to military rule saw its future—and that of the entire country—plunge into darkness in an instant. War erupted in the heart of the capital, Khartoum, pitting the Sudanese army against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Violent clashes, along with acts of torture, rape, and mass killings committed by both sides, have triggered the worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory according to the UN, displacing over 12 million people and claiming 150,000 lives. In Darfur, the specter of another genocide is looming over non-Arab populations, while a man-made famine has been declared in the ZamZam refugee camp.

Despite the magnitude of the catastrophe, Sudan has received little attention from the international community or the media.

In a year and a half of conflict, the Sudanese population has faced countless horrors. Yet, this war is not the people’s war—it is a power struggle between generals.

This series serves as a reminder that Sudan’s future matters and that the international community cannot turn away from what has become the worst humanitarian disaster of our time.

A part of Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, has been completely destroyed by the fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces militias.

Alia and her son Faisal, 14 years old, wounded by shrapnel after their neighboorhood was shelled by mortar in north Omdurman.

Former young revolutionaries who where asking the end of the military regime in Sudan. With the war they decided to join the army to fight against the Rapid Support Forces.

Kids playing in a neighboorhood of Khartoum destroyed by hte fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces.

Shima, 8 years old was severely wounded by a mortard shelled by the Rapid Support Forces in a civilian area in Omdurman.

Cherif El Dine returns home a year after fleeing the fighting in central Omdurman. More than 12 million people have been displaced by the war.

This group of friends who became soldiers, were displaced from their homes by the war. They now share every aspect of their lives.

In the horizon a plume of smoke rise in the area controled by the Rapid Support forces.

Ahmed Bushra, former revolutinary who became a soldier.

Destructions of Omdurman market, the main economic center of the capital.

In a district of the capital liberated by the army, residents are returning to their homes and praying in the local mosque, partly destroyed by the fighting.

Members of the Sufi brotherhood from Gareeb'Allah Mosque gathered for Friday prayers on August 16, 2024, in the Wad Nubawi neighborhood of Omdurman

Adam Ali, a 40-year-old farmer, was tortured by the RSF for several weeks. He still bears the marks of the beatings and burns.

A graveyard was made on a football pitch when the RSF were controlling the area. Since people were forbidden from leaving, they could not be buried in a proper cemetery.

Young sudanese army soldiers patrol an area near the fighting in Omdurman. Behind them, the abandoned "Magic Land" amusement park.

IDP camp in Port Sudan. With 11 million IDPs, Sudan is facing the worst displaced crisis in the world and the worst in decades.

Two young girls from the city of Sennar in southern Sudan are currently displaced in a school in Port Sudan.

In Port Sudan, youth ad families gather by the Red Sea at the end of the day. All displaced by the war, they are trying to rebuild their lives in this new city.

Khalid, Omar, and Mohammed are young musicians who had to flee Khartoum due to the war. They started a band to bring hope and joy to the displaced people in Port Sudan.

A mass in a church in Port Sudan hosting hundreds of refugees from the rest of the country, as well as South Sudanese, Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees.

Two friends in Port Sudan.