I started out writing tonight with the intention of making light of a stressful situation... but after the last few minutes in front of the television I'm left without much clever or funny to say.
The situation is that our plans for the evening were canceled when the Sudanese government declared a curfew across the whole of Khartoum state. So I had a few moments of quiet in which to finally catch up on the blog. We were supposed to be in Omdurman at a soccer game, which, as you know, is one of our favorite pastimes here... but then armed rebel militias from Darfur rolled into the city and everything has been shut down.
I was going to write about how E and I have been well prepared: plenty of supplies, multiple means of communication at hand, staying calm... but the thing is that real people died tonight and others have been taken as prisoners. Regardless of their political affiliation, ethnicity, religion or history - they have families and friends and causes they believe in too. Images of them will be with us for some time.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MCD049772.htm
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I just saw the reports! I'm thinking about you guys! Be safe!!
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