The deadly civil war between the Sudanese armed forces and the RSF in Sudan
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By Mading Abraham Majur, Juba, South Sudan
Thursday, May 11, 2023 (PW) — I went out today in the late afternoon to look for coffee at a certain tea place near my vicinity. Upon my arrival, I ordered a cup of coffee, and within a few minutes, the tea maker served me a cup of coffee rapidly.
She noted that I had been seated in the middle of an erroneous clutch, and there was no way for her to convey the matter to me. I sip my coffee twice, then look around and realise I am in the wrong place.
Everyone who was seated with me in that tea place was having US-army property (pistols) on their heft, and all of them were in non-uniforms, and they were discussing with a low voice how they should exit from the capital city to their respective states with all their military equipment.
I said to myself, “Hah”, I am with a group of intelligence officers from these ridiculous dudes. I, therefore, pretended to be very busy with my phone, not to take note of their safeguarding. It was a premeditated way for me to finish my coffee and leave the place immediately.
After a while, one of them came and sat beside me and started asking me stupid questions” (Assuma literally means you in Arabic) Are you from South Sudan or Abyei?” And my response to him was that Abyei is part of South Sudan, one of the administrative areas of South Sudan. He keeps quiet for moments.
He then asked me again, “Are you Dinka or Nuer?” I told him my friend, why don’t you come straightforward with your point so that we debate it instead of asking me such unnecessary questions. He laughs at me, and we both keep quiet.
Luckily enough, SAF jet fighters came over at high speed at 6:02 PM and hit two Toyota land cruiser vehicles of RSF mounted with heavy machine guns at a certain house this group repositioned themselves in. They all rushed out of the tea place to go and see what was happening at their place.
The tea maker instantly came to me and told me I needed to finish my coffee quickly and leave before these people returned for my phone. They were questioning you to look for any excuse to take your phone away from you. This is how they rob people, whether you are a national or a foreigner. The woman who happens to be from South Kordofan of Nubia Mountain told me.
I heeded without disregarding her advice, and I consequently finished my coffee, paid her money, and left the place forthwith. So, it was my second time observing such situations as I argued with one of these scornful groups last month. The atrocities committed by RSF against innocent people, both Sudanese and South Sudanese, will continue.
The author, Mading Abraham Majur (M.A.M), is a concerned South Sudanese citizen who can be reached at his email address: Majur Mading <majur20155@gmail.com>
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