Abass Khelani comforts his daughter, Samira Abass (age 4) at the Port Sudan Paediatric Hospital in Port Sudan, Republic of the Sudan on September 3, 2024.
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Abass Khelani comforts his daughter, Samira Abass (age 4) at the Port Sudan Paediatric Hospital in Port Sudan, Republic of the Sudan on September 3, 2024.
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12 million displaced. As many as 150,000 dead. Half the country facing starvation. The simple truth? War is tearing apart Sudan. NPR's West Africa correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu recently reported near the heart of that fighting. Along the way, he met a young man who, with his family, survived for months on flour and water while hiding under a bed. He found doctors caring for the sick and dying even as shells exploded nearby. The current humanitarian crisis in Sudan is seen as one of the worst in the world, but has little global attention. "They forget about us," one exhausted doctor said. "It's a forgotten war."
Sudanese Armed Forces soliders travel to Khartoum in the back of a Toyota pickup truck in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 7, 2024.
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Sudanese Armed Forces soliders travel to Khartoum in the back of a Toyota pickup truck in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 7, 2024.
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The Shaykh Gariballa Mosque in old Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 6, 2024.
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The Shaykh Gariballa Mosque in old Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 6, 2024.
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Dr. Jamal Mohamed instructs another doctor as shelling victims are bought into the Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 5, 2024.
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Dr. Jamal Mohamed instructs another doctor as shelling victims are bought into the Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 5, 2024.
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Doctors attempt to resuscitate a victim of shelling at the Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 5, 2024. The victim was later announced dead.
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Doctors attempt to resuscitate a victim of shelling at the Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 5, 2024. The victim was later announced dead.
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The body of a shelling victim lies on a corridor floor as another is placed next to it at the Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 5, 2024.
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The body of a shelling victim lies on a corridor floor as another is placed next to it at the Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 5, 2024.
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