On horse-drawn carts, Chadians offer free rides to Sudanese refugees at border

Record ID: 1736689

  • Title: On horse-drawn carts, Chadians offer free rides to Sudanese refugees at border
  • Date: 6th August 2023
  • Summary: CHAD-SUDAN BORDER REGION, CHAD (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CHADIANS ON HORSE CARTS HEADING TOWARDS THE SUDANESE BORDER VARIOUS OF CARTS LOADED WITH BELONGINGS OF SUDANESE REFUGEES HEADING BACK FROM SUDANESE BORDER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CHADIAN OWNER OF CART, YASSER, SAYING: “These Sudanese do not have money and their conditions are rough. If they have some money, we help them, and even if they do not have any, we still help them.” VARIOUS OF CARTS CARRYING LUGGAGE AND PEOPLE SUDANESE REFUGEE, ISMAIL, WALKING WITH HIS CHILDREN (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SUDANESE REFUGEE, ISMAIL, SAYING: “When we were forced out because of the war, we came here with nothing, but my brother, Yasser, is going to help me anyway and take me to the camp. I thank him for that, because I don’t have any money and he still offered me a ride.” VARIOUS OF CARTS CARRYING THE BELONGINGS OF SUDANESE REFUGEES HEADING BACK FROM SUDANESE BORDER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CHADIAN OWNER OF CART, MUSTAFA, SAYING: “Some of them come with no money, and some of them have little money, and we help them regardless. We offer rides for those who have money and those who don’t. We take them from the gates and drop them (here). We help them because they do not have cars, and the help we provide is to give them rides on the carts.” VARIOUS OF CARTS CARRYING THE BELONGINGS OF SUDANESE REFUGEES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CHADIAN OWNER OF TAXI, IBRAHIM, SAYING: “Those who have luggage prefer the cart because the cart carries more. I pick up four people, drop them off, then I go back to carry another group of four, and so on.” VARIOUS OF CARTS CARRYING SUDANESE REFUGEES AND THEIR BELONGINGS
  • Embargoed: 20th August 2023 10:17
  • Keywords: Cart Chad Conflict Sudan
  • Location: CHAD-SUDAN BORDER REGION, CHAD
  • City: CHAD-SUDAN BORDER REGION, CHAD
  • Country: Chad
  • Topics: Africa,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA001263006082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Chadian cart owners are lugging around Sudanese refugees and their belongings across the border and into Chad on horse-drawn carts, as the conflict in Sudan continues to force more people out.
    Whether the refugees have money or none at all, the cart owners say they still help them make the journey from the Sudanese side into Chad, most times for free.
    Some taxis also operate by the border, doing several trips a day with around four passengers at a time.
    Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to Chad since the conflict started last April between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted amid disputes over an internationally backed plan for a transition to civilian rule.
    (Production: El Tayeb Siddig, Mariam Rizk)
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