Singer Shaden Gardood and Actress Asia Abdelmajid Victims of Sudan’s Brutal War

Shaden Gardood, a well-known Sudanese singer, has been killed in crossfire between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman on 13 May 2023. She was 37 years old.

A mortar hit her house, killing her. It is unknown if there were others with her at home. She lived in El Hashmab neighbourhood in Omdurman, which is near Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation (Sudan Radio and Television), a focal point for the fighting.

She regularly made live videos and write posts on her Facebook account, talking about the clashes and shelling in her neighbourhood, and spoke intensively against the war.

Born in 1986, Shaden Muhammad Hussayn, better known as Shaden Gardood, advocated for peace and justice through her songs and lyrics. She also advocated for the Sudanese revolution, and publicly mourned the martyrs of the revolution.

Many took to social media to mourn her loss.

Shaden was a young artist who advocated for peace and justice through her song.

She died after a shell exploded next to her home in Omdurman 💔

May Allah rest her beautiful soul 👐 pic.twitter.com/qMLV1ozz3Y

— حَبابْ (@HababMO) May 13, 2023

Sudanese artist, singer and poet, Shaden Muhammad Hussayn was killed after a mortar hit her house in Omdurman. https://t.co/Mj8w7t0xJR

— Mohanad Hashim (@moehash1) May 13, 2023

انا لله وانا اليه راجعون
وفاة الفنانه التراثية شادن قردود pic.twitter.com/Aq33FwXuCg

— rayan🇸🇩 (@rymohds00) May 13, 2023

Asia Abdelmajid

Actress Asia Abdelmajid was killed by a stray bullet during crossfire in Bahri (Khartoum North) on 3 May 2023. She was 80 years old.

She was considered a pioneer of the stage and the country’s first professional stage actress, later retiring to become a teacher.

According to the BBC, she was buried within hours of her death on Wednesday morning in the grounds of a kindergarten where she used to work as a teacher. Burying her at a cemetery was too risky due to heavy fighting.

Born in 1943, Abdelmajid was famous for her theatre performances, first coming to prominence in a production of the play Pamseeka 58 years ago. It was put on at the national theatre in Omdurman to mark the anniversary of Sudan’s first revolution against a coup leader.

Many took to social media to mourn her loss.

Asia Abdelmajid, one of Sudan’s most famous actors, was killed by a stray bullet during crossfire as the violence between Sudan’s army and RSF paramilitary force continues in the capital city Khartoum. Abdelmajid turned 80 this year pic.twitter.com/GGufluBxeh

— Charles Onyango-Obbo (@cobbo3) May 5, 2023

Heartbreaking news from #Sudan as beloved actress Asia Abdelmajid is killed in crossfire in #Khartoum. Her pioneering contributions to theatre will be deeply missed. Our thoughts go out to her family and all those affected by the ongoing violence. #Sudan #AsiaAbdelmajid #Legend pic.twitter.com/RIAqd2XNUL

— The Somalia Investor Magazine (@Somaliainvestor) May 4, 2023

Terrible news: Asia Abdelmajid, a pioneering Sudanese actress, has died in crossfire in Bahri. Thanks to Zeinab Mohammed Saleh for her reporting on this and other cruel deaths today https://t.co/79IA1M7JAO

— Eddie Thomas (@eddiethomas88) May 4, 2023

The war

On 15 April 2023, fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti).

Clashes between the two forces continue, leaving many casualties and property damages along the way.

More than 500 people have been killed and more than 3,000 people have been injured in the war, according to the latest reports in mid-April 2023. However, figures are expected to be much higher. More than 100,000 people have been displaced in and outside of Sudan.

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