The ‘forgotten crisis’


People holding pots as volunteers distribute food in Omdurman. — Reuters

ESSAM Ahmed was fixing mobile phones at a stall in the bustling Al Aylafun market on the east side of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, when war broke out in the North African country last April.

Now the market is in ruins – along with most of the city – the country has been torn apart and he’s living in a makeshift displacement camp 500km from home.

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