Despite Sudan's paramilitary agreeing to a proposal from the United States and Arab powers for a humanitarian ceasefire on Thursday, members of Toronto’s Sudanese community say they feel abandoned by the Canadian government amid escalating violence in Sudan.

On Oct. 26, rebel forces took control of the Sudanese city of El Fasher after an 18-month siege, followed by reports of extortion, rape and mass killings of civilians.

In the aftermath, Mamoun Hassan, a Sudanese-Canadian filmmaker living in the GTA, told CBC Toronto his community feels Canada hasn’t done rough to address the humanitarian crisis.

“We feel really, really betrayed,” he said.

“We feel like we've been told a lie about this country, that Canada cares for us as a people. And it’s just become so evident that that's not the

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