When two Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers stormed Nadir el-Gadi’s home in Khartoum on April 23, they demanded to know which side of the Sudan conflict he supported – the RSF or the Sudanese army.The 77-year-old responded that he wasn’t with either side.
“I said we are against this war. We are prisoners of this war,” el-Gadi told Al Jazeera on Saturday.
“They were suspicious,” el-Gadi said, adding that the soldiers claimed they were there to see if he was hiding enemy soldiers. “They said, ‘Are you sure there is nobody in this house?’”
The soldiers eventually left, and el-Gadi was unharmed, but others had not been so lucky. The RSF has reportedly raided hundreds of homes, often evicting and assaulting residents or looting their belongings – sometimes both.
The raids are part of a broader trend that has seen the RSF embed itself in residential areas by turning apartments and even hospitals into military outposts, according to activists, witnesses and rights groups.
Before el-Gadi’s home was raided, his nephew had informed him that he was fleeing to Egypt with other relatives. He urged his uncle to come, but el-Gadi, a British-Sudanese national, said he was on a list of evacuees and expected the United Kingdom’s government to evacuate him within the week.
Shaken by the RSF soldiers, he called his nephew back to let him know he had changed his m …

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