Port Sudan: Survivor's Phone Reveals Three Years of War Horror

In a rare reconnection to the wider world, Mohamed Suleiman walked into a telecom office in Port Sudan on January 13 and broke down in tears. His phone, dormant for three harrowing years of Sudan's civil war, buzzed incessantly with old messages. It was as much a flood of tragedy as it was a bridge to reality — news of friends killed, appeals for his life, and striking relief from those who thought he was dead. For Suleiman, a journalist and academic who escaped the besieged city of el-Fasher, t