Women gathering water from the Nile in the city of Atbara, Sudan 🇸🇩 c. 1989
📸 Kazuyoshi Nomachi
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Atbara was the starting point for mobilizations against the regime in December 2018 - which led to the overthrow of 30 years of dictatorship under Omar Al Bashir. Its historical Railway industry makes it the centre of Sudanese trade and labour unions - as well as Sudanese Communists.
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