Sudan: A Sudanese Journalist Describes the Horrors of a War She Cannot Cover - South Africa Today

Source: South Africa Today
Author: Sat North Africa

Khartoum -- 'Will I survive? Will I emerge unscathed? If I am killed, will I be buried, or will my body be left on the streets for the dogs to eat?'

You cannot become a war correspondent overnight. That's a reality I've been wrestling with for the past 10 months of bitter fighting in Sudan - a conflict that I am personally caught up in, where I'm no longer just a journalist and impartial witness, but a victim as well.

War correspondents have training and protective gear. They have sympathetic...