ManitobaDozens of community members lined the steps of the Manitoba Legislature building in Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon, holding Sudanese flags and protest signs calling on politicians to end the ongoing civil war and reported civilian massacres in the northeast African country. ‘We need justice for those people,’ says Winnipeg woman who was born in El FasherLauren Scott · CBC News · Posted: Nov 23, 2025 9:34 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Protesters gathered at the Legislature building in Winnipeg on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, to call attention to the deadly civil war in Sudan. (Gavin Axelrod/CBC) Dozens of community members lined the steps of the Manitoba Legislature building in Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon, holding Sudanese flags and protest signs calling on politicians to end the ongoing civil war and reported civilian massacres in the northeast African country. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions have been internally displaced since the civil war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in April 2023. The city of El Fasher in the Darfur region fell to the RSF late last month, after more than 18 months under siege. After the city fell, there were reports of mass killings and widespread violence, including 460 killed at a local hospital, according to the World Health Organization.The siege had largely cut people living in El Fasher off from food and supplies, with famine detected in the city by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification — the world’s leading hunger authority. Winnipeg resident Amira Ibrahim Khalifa was born in El Fasher. She said she has lost about 20 family members since the RSF took over the city last month. Amira Ibrahim Khalifa, who was born in city of El Fasher and helped organize Saturday’s rally in Winnipeg, said Canada must take immediate action to end the ongoing civil war in Sudan. (Gavin Axelrod/CBC)”I can’t imagine humans can do something like this,” Khalifa told CBC News outside the Legislature on Saturday. “I am not a political person. I am just a normal person. But what has happened made me come out and speak and raise my voice … We need justice for those people,” she said. At the rally, several protesters held signs and chanted slogans calling on the United Arab Emirates to end its alleged funding of the RSF paramilitary group — a claim that the U.A.E. has denied. Prime Minister Mark Carney said he discussed the civil war in Sudan with U.A.E. President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during business talks in Abu Dhabi this week. Carney’s meeting came after a CBC investigation uncovered that Canadian-made rifles were being used by RSF fighters in Sudan. “Canada has to take action right now,” Khalifa said. ABOUT THE AUTHORLauren Scott is a Winnipeg-based reporter with CBC Manitoba. They hold a master’s degree in computational and data journalism, and have previously worked for the Hamilton Spectator and The Canadian Press.With files from Gavin Axelrod
Winnipeg rally calls on Canada to take immediate action to end deadly civil war in Sudan
