Sudanese migrants share hopes for 2026 aboard Ocean Viking

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Sudanese migrants share hopes for 2026 aboard Ocean Viking   After leaving the coast of Libya on a makeshift boat, a group of Sudanese migrants were able to share a hot meal as they were rescued by the humanitarian ship known as Ocean Viking. Aboard Ocean Viking, they shared their hopes for 2026.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/01/02/sudanese-migrants-share-hopes-for-2026-aboard-ocean-viking  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Days after leaving the Libyan coast on a makeshift boat,

00:04these shipwrecked survivors shared a hot meal for New Year's Eve

00:07aboard the humanitarian ship known as Ocean Viking.

00:11It comes after they fled Sudan, which is in the grips of a civil war

00:15and is facing what the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

00:20The rescued migrants shed their hopes for the new year.

00:25I hope that the whole world will be safe and peaceful, nothing more.

00:30That all people will be stable, even in their own countries.

00:34That people will live well and that there will be human rights for good.

00:38But that good will be for the whole world, if willing.

00:44The rescue marks the resumption of Ocean Viking's operations

00:48after the NGO announced the completion of repairs and enhanced training for crews.

00:53It's a welcome relief for those who were rescued.

00:56Praise God from the Ocean Viking and all my thanks to the crew of Ocean Viking

01:01who rescued us, did their duties, supported us and brought us back to life.

01:06In Libya, people who were seeking life died.

01:09We two were dead, but we seek life. Praise be to God.

01:12We sought life and found it.

01:15Back last August, Ocean Viking suffered an unprecedented attack

01:19when it was fired upon by the Libyan Coast Guard in international waters.

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