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Sudan Crisis: In Pictures

Otash displacement camp in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur – home to more than 56,000 people who have fled their homes due to ongoing conflict in the region.
Young girls wade across a flooded road at Al Salaam displacement camp.
A woman wades through mud at Al Salaam displacement camp, where roads become flooded after heavy rains.
Fatma, 37, relates the ordeal she and her family faced after armed militia invaded their village, forcing them to flee. She boarded a truck with her two children and other villagers and travelled for three days to Al Salaam displacement camp.
Asha and her sister Adla with their children at Al Serief camp.
Khadija, a new arrival at the Otash camp, takes care of 12 orphans and six children of her own. World Vision is providing more than 50,000 people at Otash camp with healthcare and supplementary feeding.
Khadija prepares food for her children in Otash camp.
World Vision’s ‘child-friendly space’ in Dereig camp provides a refuge for children and enables their parents to look for work and gather food. Zuha, 8, comes to the centre every day, eager to learn.
Fatima and her little sister Asha escaped to a displaced people’s camp after their village was raided for the second time by armed militia.
Fatima (in red) and her sisters Hawa and Huweida huddle together in Dereig camp. These girls joined hundreds of other villagers who fled on trucks, donkeys and foot when their village was raided by armed militia.
Children approach the gates of Dereig camp. World Vision’s ‘child-friendly spaces’ in the camp provide a safe environment for children to play.
Haja with her children outside their shelter in Dereig camp. The conflict in Darfur has created thousands of orphans and widows and wrought untold suffering. Now huddled in plastic dwellings across the camp, many families are struggling to cope with their new lives.
Newly displaced families arrive at Otash camp seeking shelter, food and protection.
New arrivals gather under a tree in Otash camp. Most are women and children who report that their husbands and fathers have been killed by armed militias.
Mothers leave World Vision's supplementary feeding centre at Dereig camp after being provided with a week’s supply of nutritious food supplement and soap.
Early morning at Otash camp where new arrivals crowd together out in the open.

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