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Sudanese refugees bear the brunt as US aid dries up

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer |Simon Townsley

The US also gave 58 per cent (£62m) of all funding to a separate emergency plan for Sudanese refugees who had fled into neighbouring countries, and then 43 per cent of funding (£254m) to another humanitarian response plan for Chad itself. All that has been thrown up in the air after Donald Trump's decision to pause United States aid funding and to take an axe to the USAid agency which has been the main conduit of the world's aid superpower.
Survivors describe an unfolding genocide in Darfur

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer |Simon Townsley

Abdullah Mufadl has survived not one, but two pitiless ethnic massacres as his country has been convulsed by civil war. Firstly he saw thousands of his Masalit neighbours killed when his home town of El Geneina was overrun by Arab militiamen early in Sudan's catastrophic conflict. Then five months later it happened again, when militiamen once more went on a murderous rampage in the suburb of Ardamata where he had taken refuge. As many as 17,000 died in the two killing sprees.
Two years into Sudan’s civil war, thousands continue to flee genocide, rape and famine

1 month ago | msn.com | Ben Farmer |Simon Townsley

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Two years into Sudan's civil war, thousands continue to flee genocide, rape and famine

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer |Simon Townsley

Yet despite that, few expect the army to sustain its current momentum or win a decisive victory. The RSF on Sunday claimed to have captured Zamzam, bringing the militia closer to taking El Fasher, and completing its grip on Darfur.
The missionary doctor in Sudan covering an area the size of Austria

2 months ago | msn.com | Lilia Sebouai |Simon Townsley

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The missionary doctor in Sudan covering an area the size of Austria

2 months ago | msn.com | Lilia Sebouai |Simon Townsley

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The solo doctor in Sudan covering an area the size of Austria

2 months ago | msn.com | Lilia Sebouai |Simon Townsley
The solo doctor in Sudan covering an area the size of Austria

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Lilia Sebouai |Simon Townsley

The Mother of Mercy hospital in the country's remote Nuba mountains has become a vital lifeline for refugees fleeing war and famineDr Tom Catena can't remember the last time he had a day off. The American missionary running the biggest hospital in Sudan's Nuba mountains says he has been on call pretty much 24 hours a day since he opened the facility 17 years ago. "It's been years," he said.
Battle Lines: Nukes, drones and aircraft carriers

2 months ago | msn.com | Venetia Rainey |Akhtar Mohammad Makoii |Roland Oliphant |Lilia Sebouai |Simon Townsley

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the families scraping a living in Uganda's new gold rush

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophie Neiman |Simon Townsley

Maria Nakoru crouches at the bottom of a dirt hollow, one metre deep. She grips a metal pike as she strikes the walls, chasing glimmers of gold through the choking dust. In Uganda's northeastern Karamoja region, thousands of artisanal miners carve a fragile livelihood from the earth. Nearby, others labour in their own plots, surrounded by mounds of soil, like freshly dug graves. A breeze lifts the ochre hue of the parched dirt into the air.