After seeing satellite images of her home in war-torn Sudan, Amira Ibrahim was unable to eat for two days.

El-Fasher, the state capital of North Darfur and Ibrahim’s hometown, was seized by paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces last week as the country’s civil war continues to rage.

Ibrahim was born in el-Fasher and lived there for 20 years before moving to Winnipeg in 2007, having endured four years of civil war. In 2021, the most recent Statistics Canada census, Canada had welcomed a total of 11,385 Sudanese refugees, 890 of whom were in Manitoba.

Some of her family members have refused to leave out of pride for their home. Her 68-year-old cousin was one of them.

“He said he was not going to leave el-Fasher. They come, and he’s already sick, and they kill him in his bed,” said Ibra

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