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Protesters in Dublin call for end to conflict in Sudan

The protesters gathered at the Spire on O'Connell Street in support of peace in Sudan
The protesters gathered at the Spire on O'Connell Street in support of peace in Sudan

Around a hundred people have protested in Dublin city to raise awareness of the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Dr Rania Ahmed, the President of Sudanese Doctor's Union of Ireland which organised the rally on O'Connell Street opposite the GPO, said the news coming from her country is horrific.

"In El-Fasher we know that at more than 2,000 people have been killed so far.

"We know that 400 patients and their companions were killed, at one time, in the Saudi hospital in El-Fasher.

"We know that people are suffering in the camps, there is no water supply, no food, there is no access to any hospitals or doctors and actually the rest of Sudan is not better."

Dr Ahmed estimates there are around 1,500 Sudanese doctors registered with the Medical Council in Ireland and said they are calling for the international community to help in Sudan.

"We want the international organisations to reach there, to give support to the people there, because people start normalising this because it is Africa.

"It is normal for us, people to be dying every day and to not live a normal life."

She said Sudan needs peace and the people there need food and medicine, basic human needs.

"We need the international community to put pressure on all who are supporting the militia and the genocide to stop fuelling the war," Dr Ahmed added.