Schools shut, exams cancelled: War shatters Sudan's education sector

FILE PHOTO: Zahra Haroun, 19, Nawal Adama, 32, Zahra Mohamed, 20, Sudanese refugee teachers who have fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, give their first entertainment and sport training session for refugee children at makeshift shelters near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - When war in Sudan's capital forced Sarah al-Sharif and her family to flee, the 19-year-old information technology student left her books and computer behind.

Now in Sennar, 30km (18 miles) southeast of Khartoum, she lacks a stable internet connection or passport to travel abroad and like many others sees no way of continuing her studies while fighting between rival military factions rages.