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Cairo (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 - The small menagerie of animals echoed the human suffering from seven months of war between rival generals that shattered Sudan - they were starving, traumatised and trapped in the crossfire.

The small menagerie of animals echoed the human suffering from seven months of war between rival generals that shattered Sudan -- they were starving, traumatised and trapped in the crossfire. On the southern outskirts of the capital Khartoum, volunteers had opened a modest reserve in 2021, crowdfunding online to rescue malnourished and sick lions from a rundown zoo in the city. Barely two years later, they found themselves in a war zone.

"Many shells and bombs fell on the refuge, damaging the infrastructure and injuring some of the animals", continues the 39-year-old engineer.

Lions were born two years ago at Sudan’s Animal Rescue Centre

International, MNA | Three lions were shot dead in Sudan after trying to escape from their cages inside a base of Sudan's feared paramilitary forces, an animal shelter

Three lions were shot dead in Sudan after trying to escape from their cages inside a base of Sudan’s feared paramilitary forces, an animal shelter official

Three lions were shot dead in Sudan after trying to escape from their cages inside a base of Sudan's feared paramilitary forces, an animal shelter official said Thursday.

Named Leo, Renas and Amani, the felines were born two years ago in a reserve south of the capital Khartoum, the Sudan Animal Rescue Center, said one of its representatives, Moataz Kamal.

High-stakes UN biodiversity talks open in Montreal Wednesday, in what is being billed as the "last best chance" to save the planet's species and ecosystems from irreversible human destruction.

The lack of an agreement between the political parties forces the military component to retain power in Sudan, said the coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burh