Sudan Eid al-Adha Marked Amid Fighting Between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo

Eid al-Adha is being marked in Sudan under fighting that has deprived families of the ability to buy a sacrificial sheep, with VOA Afrique describing Hanane Adam fleeing fighting in Khartoum that has been raging since April 15 and spending Eid with her six children in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Al-Hassaheissa, 120 kilometers south of the capital.

“As Eid al-Adha approaches, thousands of Muslims around the world begin purchasing sacrificial livestock—whether sheep, cattle, or buffalo—and the livestock price index rises day by day until the first day of Eid”

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Adam tells AFP, "Under these conditions, Eid will be sad," as she says not a moment passes without her children, aged two to 15, demanding that she 'go back home.'

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VOA Afrique also quotes Omar Ibrahim from the Chambat neighborhood in Khartoum asking, "Will the cannons go quiet for Eid?" while saying the Eid rituals have become an "unattainable dream" amid ongoing fighting between the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

The same report says the war has spread beyond Khartoum to Darfur and Kordofan, where livestock supply is disrupted, leaving traders like Mohammed Babiker in Wad Madani, 200 kilometers south of the capital, saying, "the herders can no longer bring their livestock here."

As Eid al-Adha approaches, multiple outlets describe a sharp rise in Sudanese sacrificial-animal prices, with Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Waddah Al-Taher reporting that in Omdurman the lowest price for a ram starts at 750,000 Sudanese pounds (SDG) and larger sheep range between 1.3 million and 1.5 million pounds.

Uncle Awad, a livestock trader, told Al Jazeera Mubasher that "the rental of trucks that move sheep from production areas in Kordofan and western states has risen from around 2,000 pounds previously to between 4,500 pounds currently."

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Al Jazeera Mubasher also quoted Awad saying fodder costs are driving prices, including that "the price of a sack of seeds is about 200,000 pounds" and that a bale of alfalfa reached 35,000 pounds.

Dabanga Radio TV Online adds that in Darfur, sheep prices range from SDG150,000 to SDG400,000, while livestock expert Dr Khalifa Bakht said sheep can fetch up to SDG450,000 in production areas such as Darfur and "in Kordofan, they can sell for more than SDH 1 million."

While the war continues, Courrier international frames Eid al-Kébir as a plea for peace in Sudan, saying that violent fighting broke out in Khartoum even though the army chief General Hemeti announced a unilateral ceasefire for yesterday and today on the occasion of Eid.

“Darfur’s livestock markets are overflowing, while conflict drives huge regional price gaps”

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Courrier international also states that "the head of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, announced a unilateral ceasefire on the first day of Eid Al-Adha," while Hemeti announced a two-day unilateral ceasefire starting Tuesday, June 27.

In parallel, Human Appeal says it helped "1,150,324 people across 20 countries" during Eid al-Adha 2025 and says Eid al-Adha 2026 is expected to be celebrated starting Wednesday, May 27, 2026, subject to lunar sighting and lasting four days through Saturday, May 30.

For Sudan specifically, يـمن برس says the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid announced symbolic prices in six countries and that "the price of the sacrifice in Sudan has reached 1,171 Saudi riyals," describing a digital distribution step through the Sahm platform for Eid al-Adha slaughter distributed electronically.