Fatma Ali and her children found hope after reuniting with her husband and father Shamoun Idris in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

one Sultan’s father In Al Jazeera news report, he realized that he had lost 18 months of contact with his wife for 18 months.

Shamoun Idris lives in the Sudanese capital Khartoum with his wife Fatma Ali and his children until the city became the battlefield for the Sudanese regular army and the paramilitary rapid support force (RSF) (RSF) months after the beginning of the Sudan war.

As the war intensified and shelling increased near their homes, the couple decided that Fatma tried to escape Khartoum with their children. As RSF troops advance, looting houses and attacking civilians, Shamoun will stay behind and protect the house.

“I think they should leave,” Shamoun told Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall, who reported the initial story of Fatma and their children. “I stay behind to protect the house. We think the war will end soon and they will be able to return.”

But soon after, as capital violence increased, Idris was forced to flee. During this process, Shamoun and Fatma both lost their phones and were unable to contact each other, but did not know the other’s location.

According to the ICRC, the couple became two of the 7,700 Sudanese looking for missing relatives.

“I kept telling the kids that he was somewhere and just couldn’t get to us, but in reality, I was completely overwhelmed and I wondered what was going on with him. I couldn’t focus on the kid or the kid he disappeared,” Fatma said.

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Fatma and the children eventually arrived in Sennar, south of Khartoum, where they were sheltered in school.

Meanwhile, Shamoun searched them in vain until he finally saw the AL Al Jazeera news report about the missing relative in February.

In the report is his wife Fatma.

“I said, ‘Man, this is my family!’ I said, “I swear, this is my family. “This is a huge surprise.”

As Fatma listens to her husband telling the story of their recent party, she starts crying, overwhelmed by the emotions of Shamoun’s absence.

Her hope is now to rebuild their lives by her family, she said. “I wish we could go back to our past lives. I know my kids just have to be with them, but for their father is gone, it’s a real problem.”

“Our kids are going to school, and it’s great. None of our kids have just gone to school; they even went to private schools, not public schools,” she said. “Now, it’s been over two years since they saw the interior of the classroom, except for the shelter.”

Since reunion, Qumu discovered a small piece of land in Senal and he built a small shed for his family.

It has no door to prevent rain, wind or sunshine, but there is no shelter in the thousands of other displaced people in Sudan.

For now, Shamoun and Fatma thanks for the privacy and freedom it provides and together.