Evacuation In Sudan, Muflih still Holds onto Hope
The majority of the 897 Indonesian citizens who wanted to be evacuated by the Indonesian government from Sudan have left the country.
Indonesian citizens from Sudan line up to enter the bus at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Friday (28/4/2023). A total of 385 Indonesian citizens arrived in Indonesia after being evacuated from Sudan due to the armed conflict that occurred in that country.
A convoy of buses is moving quietly from Khartoum. Many thoughts are lingering despite the buses being crowded with Indonesian citizens participating in the evacuation mission. However, the bus feels lonely. It is so quiet that Muflih Hariman (22), one of the students from South Sulawesi who is currently studying at the International University of Africa (IUA) in Khartoum, does not hear anyone speaking.
"Maybe everyone is preoccupied with their own thoughts," he said. Muflih often stays silent while gazing at the desert landscape through the bus window. "When I first arrived here, everything was fine. Now I'm being sent back in this [war] situation," said the eldest of three siblings.