![]() ![]() “But when they pull his glasses off, where the skin is intact around their eyes, where you know without a doubt that eyewear saved their eyes.” “The Soldier’s face is all chewed up,” Whitehead said. Using eyewear approved from the list, which features 27 products that have undergone extensive testing, could mean the difference between saving a Soldier’s vision or going blind, Whitehead said. “We have seen some really horrific injuries with roadside bombs,” said Whitehead, the product manager for protective equipment at Program Executive Office Soldier. Ginger Whitehead has seen the gruesome consequences when Soldiers chose to don eyewear that didn’t appear on the Army’s authorized list.ĭeployed Soldiers have suffered severe damage to their eyes or lost their sight entirely. Verjee said the fighting across the country has destroyed workshops and factories and caused "the partial deindustrialization of Sudan.FORT BELVOIR, Va. With hospitals gutted, "there are also reports of people dying from the injuries they sustained in the early days of fighting," said Mohamed Osman of Human Rights Watch.ĭoctors Without Borders said food shortages in Darfur displacement camps mean that "people have gone from three meals a day to just one". The ministry reported 199 fatalities in Khartoum, but said at least 450 people were killed by May 10 in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, and surrounding areas. The scorched-earth campaign killed up to 300,000 people and uprooted more than 2.7 million, the UN said.Īccording to the health ministry, the bulk of deaths during the current fighting have occurred in Darfur. Sudan has had a long history of conflicts, especially in the western region of Darfur, where Bashir from 2003 unleashed the Janjaweed to quash a rebellion by non-Arab ethnic minorities. By May 11 they had signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles, including the protection of civilians and allowing in badly needed humanitarian aid. Since then, aid agencies have been looted and at least 18 of their workers killed.Īcross the Red Sea, in the Saudi city of Jeddah, envoys from both sides have been negotiating. The fighting has deepened the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where one in three people already relied on humanitarian assistance before the war. "Sudan will be much poorer for much longer" Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a recent Senate hearing. ![]() He commands troops that stemmed from the notorious Janjaweed militia, accused of atrocities in the Darfur war that began two decades ago.įor now, "both sides believe that they can win militarily," U.S. The army, backed by Egypt, has the advantage of air power while Daglo is, according to experts, supported by the United Arab Emirates and foreign fighters. Many people are fleeing the conflict in Sudan between the military and a rival paramilitary force.ĭespite all the bullets, aerial bombardments and anti-aircraft fire of recent weeks, neither side has been able to seize the battlefield advantage. Smoke rises in Khartoum, Sudan, May 3, 2023. ![]() As Washington and other foreign powers lifted sanctions, Sudan was slowly reintegrating into the international community, before the generals derailed that transition with another coup in 2021. ![]()
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