Sudan’s Pain Cycle: Families Displaced Again, and Again

Generations of Sudanese families are reliving a painful pattern of displacement, forced to flee their homes repeatedly as conflict and instability grip the country. In the Middle East and beyond, Sudanese refugees describe a legacy of loss that spans decades. From the civil wars of the past to the current crisis, each wave of violence uproots families, scattering them across borders and into camps. Children now grow up hearing the same stories their grandparents told: of homes abandoned, of journeys on foot, of starting over with nothing. This cycle, experts say, is not only a humanitarian crisis but a deep wound passed from one generation to the next, with no clear end in sight.