"I was constantly interrogated. Every day I would be subjected to questioning. When I'd go to the markets, they'd ask us where I got the money. Most protection we get emanates from the community itself. When I was arrested, it was their mobilisation that ensured my release Jamal It is against this backdrop of fear and mistrust that Sudan, home to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, has conjured up one of the year's most heartening narratives."
"Across the vast country, a gigantic grassroots network of ordinary Sudanese people, the Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), is providing life-saving food and medical care to millions of fellow citizens. It is this group that Amira dared not tell her mother she had joined. People in the mutual aid network can become an immediate target for both the RSF and the country's military, believed to have killed up to 400,000 people between them since the war erupted in April 2023."
Amira secretly crossed the shifting frontline in North Kordofan to enter territory held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), risking arrest and death to counsel women and children raped during the war. Both the RSF and Sudan's army viewed volunteers with suspicion and subjected them to daily interrogation and market scrutiny. Community mobilisation often provided the only protection and secured releases after arrests. A gigantic grassroots network, the Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), delivers life-saving food and medical care to millions across Sudan. Volunteers keep their work secret to avoid becoming targets by association. The war has killed up to 400,000 people since April 2023.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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