Sudan’s National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums has raised funds to pay 100 guards and inspectors to return to their posts where it is safe to do so.  Until then, Sudan’s cultural heritage and ancient artifacts remain at risk amid the ongoing fighting between a paramilitary group and the Sudanese army in Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman.

The conflict that has been raging in Sudan is threatening the country’s cultural heritage.

The National Museum has been cut off by the fighting since April.

Projectiles have punctured the roof of another museum in Darfur.

Some of Sudan’s historical material dates from 4,000 BC. 

Experts are scrambling to preserve and protect Sudan’s artifacts. At least 28 cultural and archeological sites have been targeted or damaged from the fighting so far.

The paramilitary group RSF and Sudan’s army have been locked in a power struggle. Sudan’s two UNESCO world heritage sites Mero Island, and Jebel Barkal, are currently calm.

Sudan’s National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) has raised funds to pay 100 guards and inspectors to return to their posts where safe.

NCAM has also prepared measures to block illegal excavations, and teach Darfur school children about Sudan’s cultural heritage.

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