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20 May 2013 - 9:17amUnited Nations Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos is visiting Sudan from 20 to 23 May 2013. She will visit the region of Darfur where a shrinking humanitarian community has led to deteriorating services for hundreds of thousands of people living in camps. Darfur has been in a state of crisis for ten years,... -
13 May 2013 - 2:32pmIn the village of Yathriba, in Central Darfur, a group of men and women are building a bridge across a small, muddy stream. They work methodically, slowly putting stones into place, conserving their energy under the hot Sudanese sun. During the rainy season this small stream can easily flood and cut... -
10 May 2013 - 9:12amA state-of the art biometric tool based on electronically captured fingerprints is enabling aid agencies in South Sudan to register and assist refugees more efficiently. Since conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North began in Sudan’s Blue... -
6 May 2013 - 3:06pmThe home made of twigs and branches, cardboard boxes and plastic sheeting did not stand a chance against the heavy rain and winds. When their roof and walls were ripped away, 73-year-old Isack Dahir Hilowle and his eleven family members feared for their lives. “We huddled together, one on top of... -
23 April 2013 - 1:12pmAfter bombs fell in the fields outside their village in Sudan’s Blue Nile State, Mary and her family decided to leave. Mercifully no one was killed in the strike, but more than two years of constant fighting meant that she, like so many others, no longer felt safe. Five days later, after trekking...
