Sudan Civil War Displaces Families, Some Reunite After Months Apart

Intisar Abdullah Kodi does not know whether her fiance Amjad is alive. The 21-year-old said she last saw him when her family fled Kadugli, Sudan, on or around December 2025 after escaping drone strikes. “I don’t know if he is alive or not,” Intisar Abdullah Kodi said, her voice breaking.

Intisar Abdullah Kodi is sheltering with three dozen relatives in the rundown shell of a building at the southern edge of Sudan’s Nuba Mountains. Her family has resorted to selling their clothes and eating boiled sheepskin to survive. Members of Intisar Abdullah Kodi's family were photographed cooking in Korongo, Sudan, on February 20, 2026.

Sudan’s civil war began three years before May 2026. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people. com reported.

For months Adam Koukou also wondered if he would ever see his family again. Before the war he worked as a baker in Kadugli, specializing in Sudanese bread, while his wife Hanan cared for their 10 children at home. When fighting began the price of flour in Kadugli multiplied five times and then 10 times over, Adam Koukou said.

Adam Koukou sent his wife Hanan and their 10 children to a displacement camp 30 miles from Kadugli in autumn 2025. In the soft dawn light Hanan left the city with a baby on her back, another small child in her arms, and a few belongings balanced on her head while the other children trailed behind. Adam Koukou remained in Kadugli, trying to earn a living.

He later fled under cover of darkness late in 2025 after witnessing a drone strike kill his friend Musa. “When you see something like that, you run for your life,” Adam Koukou said. Adam Koukou, his wife Hanan, and some of their children were photographed in a camp for displaced people in Buram, Sudan, on February 21, 2026.

Adam Koukou and his family were reunited in the displacement camp in Buram after fleeing Kadugli separately. Their clothes were ragged and their eyes tired, but they embraced with faces wet with tears. “I couldn’t believe he actually joined us,” Hanan said.

Adam Koukou held the children tightly. “Hopefully, we never get separated again. Even though we have nothing, we pray to God to take care of us,” he told his family. com reported.