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Mission  to rescue lions and hyenas in war-torn Sudan

On the southern outskirts of the capital Khartoum, volunteers had opened a modest reserve in 2021, crowdfunding online to rescue malnourished and sick lions from a rundown zoo in the city.

Othman Muhammad Salih, the founder of the Sudan Animal Rescue centre, sits close to lionesses and cubs at the facility in Al-Bageir reserve south of the capital Khartoum on February 28 2022. AFP phot
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

The small menagerie of animals echoed the human suffering from seven months of war between rival generals that shattered Sudan -- they were starving, traumatised and trapped in

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