After a long silence, Sudanese officials in the museum and archaeology sector have officially confirmed the looting of the National Museum in Khartoum, the most important in Sudan, which houses a collection of 100,000 objects ranging from prehistory to the Islamic period and from all the civilizations of the Nile Valley.
For several weeks, Sudanese internet users have been spreading information, photos and videos claiming that the Sudanese National Museum had been looted by the Rapid Support Forces, paramilitaries who have been opposing the army in Sudan since April 15, 2023 and who control large areas of the capital.
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Senior officials from the museum sector have therefore confirmed that a ” large looting operation ” targeted the National Museum and other museums in the capital. Satellite images captured in January 2024 by military intelligence show three trucks in front of the National Museum, our journalist reports Houda Ibrahim. These same trucks are found in South Kordofan, heading towards South Sudan.
For her part, Ikhlas Abdellatif, curator of the national museum and member of the commission for the fight against looting, indicated that it was not only ” of local memory, but of human memory ».
- RFI
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