on September 8, 2004
During my time in Sudan one of the small boats near the Gezira Club that run people across the river to the island (see the Off the Beaten Path tip) capsized and several dozen people drowned. Tragically many of them were schoolchildren.
The town of Medani was naturally plunged into mourning but the story made little impact anywhere else, even in nearby Khartoum. Unfortunately in Sudan, with old severely overcrowded ferries, "these things happen"
Sometimes I wish that instead of placing so much in the hands of "Insha'allah", Sudanese authorities would take some responsibility themselves and try to stop things like that happening so often.
on October 27, 2006
