Tens of thousands of artefacts looted from Sudan museum

"When we learned about the looting, we didn't sleep for three or four days, the National Museum official said. These artefacts are our identity, the identity of the Sudanese people. Can you imagine what it feels like to lose your identity? You lose your existence in this world."

"The official at the National Museum in Khartoum said satellite images taken last year showed trucks loaded with artefacts leaving the museum... The museum is located in an area controlled by the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group battling the regular army in Sudan's civil war."

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