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Near Zalingei, one of hundreds of villages burned in the conflict between
government forces, militias, and rebel soldiers in the Darfur region of
Sudan.
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Near Zalingei, one of hundreds of villages burned in the conflict between
government forces, militias, and rebel soldiers in the Darfur region of
Sudan.
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Children in Labado, where about 5,000 of the 25,000 people who lived
here have returned home with the presence of African Union troops. According
to an AU report, the town was bombed in December 2004 by the Sudanese
military, during a conflict involving government forces, militias, and
rebel soldiers.
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Part of the clinic in Labado, where, according to an AU report, the
town was bombed in December 2004 by the Sudanese military, during a conflict
involving government forces, militias, and rebel soldiers.
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Brian Martin, the head of programs for the ACT/Caritas Darfur Emergency
Response, inspects the remnants of a house in the burned out village of
Um Seifa.
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Part of the foundation of a house in Labado, where, according to an
AU report, the town was bombed in December 2004 by the Sudanese military,
during a conflict involving government forces, militias, and rebel soldiers.
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Nigerian troops--part of the African Union contingent in Darfur--on patrol
in Labado.
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Nigerian troops--part of the African Union contingent in Darfur--on patrol
in Labado.
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In a hospital in Garsila, a displaced woman cares
for her children who suffer from malnutrition. ACT/Caritas is constructing
a clinic and carrying out primary health care programs in the IDP camps
around Garsila.
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In a hospital in Garsila, a displaced woman cares for
her child who suffer from malnutrition. ACT/Caritas is constructing a
clinic and carrying out primary health care programs in the IDP camps
around Garsila.
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An IDP camp outside Zalingei.
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Residents of an IDP camp outside Garsila line up for water.
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A view of the Hassahissa IDP Camp near Zalingei.
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A view of the Hassahissa IDP Camp near Zalingei.
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A newly arrived resident of an IDP camp outside Garsila
constructs a shelter for his family.
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A resident of an IDP camp outside Garsila shows his card for getting
basic food commodities from the World Food Program.
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Women return to the Kalma IDP Camp outside Nyala after
fetching firewood. According to relief workers and human rights groups,
hundreds of women have been raped and several killed while hunting outside
IDP camps for firewood.
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Near Garsila, a displaced woman returns with firewood.
According to relief workers and human rights groups, hundreds of women
have been raped and several killed while hunting outside IDP camps for
firewood.
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Bags of grain from the U.N. World Food Program await distribution to residents
of an IDP camp outside Garsila.
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Bags of grain from the U.N. World Food Program are unloaded
in Nyala for transport on to nearby IDP camps.
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Bags of grain from the U.N. World Food Program are unloaded
in Nyala for transport on to nearby IDP camps.
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Cooking oil from the U.N. World Food Program is distributed
to residents of an IDP camp outside Garsila.
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In recent months, violence against vehicles traveling through the countryside
has increased. Drivers have been robbed and even killed, and trucks and
their cargo burned.
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A man and his camel walking through a sandstorm near
Labado.
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Two women walking through the countryside near Labado
watch a U.N. helicopter flying over Darfur.
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In Zalingei, a boy walks toward a U.N. helicopter that
has carried relief workers to the remote area.
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In a hospital in Garsila, a displaced woman cares for
her sick child. ACT/Caritas is constructing a clinic and carrying out
primary health care programs in the IDP camps around Garsila.
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In a hospital in Garsila, a displaced woman cares for
her sick child. ACT/Caritas is constructing a clinic and carrying out
primary health care programs in the IDP camps around Garsila
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Two children stand on the parched ground of Darfur.
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Bags of grain from the U.N. World Food Program are loaded
in Nyala for transport to nearby IDP camps
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