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Headline : Mohammed, where are you?

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Ian Timberlake, AFP’s former Sudan bureau chief, would regularly call an old friend there for a chat. But not long after two rival generals plunged the country into war in April, Mohammed suddenly went silent

Years after I left Sudan, I still kept in touch with Mohammed. Then the war came. I called him my teacher, but more importantly, Mohammed became my friend.  Now I don’t know if he is dead or alive.

Sudan’s war is more than two months old and has killed nearly 2,800 people. Roughly 2.8 million have been forced to flee their homes, including hundreds of thousands who escaped to neighbouring countries.

I got to know Mohammed several years ago while based in Khartoum as AFP’s Sudan bureau chief. He worked as a clerk of sorts and helped complete some documents for me. Mohammed was about my age, moustached, and – like me – balding.

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