Hi everyone,
As readers of this blog will know, the civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF) has been going on for over a year. The RSF have controlled most of Khartoum for most of the war, including the area of the Sudan National Museum. There have been rumors for many months that they have looted the museum to some as-yet-unknown degree–no museum staff has been able to go to the museum to inspect. But a very upsetting report in the New York Times today (here) states that the museum has been looted, along with the nearby Khalifa House Museum (where objects related to the Sudanese uprising against British rule from 1881-98 were held).
When the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted after the US-led invasion of 2003, there was an international outcry and eventual significant investment in rebuilding Iraq. We need a similar level of response from leaders of the international community for Sudan.
