The conflict in Sudan puts Sudanese civilians at grave risk. Those who try to escape face a difficult flight and harsh displacement circumstances. Hamid Khalafallah shares a personal account of his escape.
Hamid Khalafallah is a development practitioner, researcher, and policy analyst, currently working as a Program Officer for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). He is a former Nonresident Fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) focusing on inclusive governance and mobilization in Sudan.
Over the years, he has worked for various international and national organizations in Sudan on governance and development issues. Hamid is an alumnus of the Young African Leaders Program of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute in Italy. He holds an MA in International Development Management from the University of Bradford in the UK, where he studied as a Chevening Scholar and was awarded the 2019 UK Development Studies Association best dissertation prize. In his free time, Hamid has been active with various civil resistance groups in Sudan, promoting democracy and advocating for human rights.
