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The Darfur Crisis

Mohamed Yussef Mohamed, 10, rests at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Adre, Chad, after surviving an attack on his village, Murnei, in West Darfur. In July 2023, ten Arab militia men barricaded Mohamed, his sister and brother inside a house they set ablaze. "I heard them screaming,” recounted their mother, Taiba Hassan Adam. “I will hear them screaming in my head until the day I die." Mohamed was badly injured, but managed to escape. His sister and brother perished as a result of the attack. The war in Sudan has created the largest displacement, humanitarian and hunger crisis in the world. Since April 2023, over 600,000 people have spilled into Chad after fleeing Darfur, Sudan’s westernmost region, where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces face accusations of genocide against the Masalit and other non-Arab populations. In January and February 2024, Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi traveled to the refugee camps in Chad and to West Darfur, Sudan. She was the first foreign journalist to report from inside Darfur since the start of the current war. January 31, 2024.

The Darfur Crisis

Sudanese refugees rush to collect potable water from a source provided by Doctors Without Borders in Ourang refugee camp, Chad. The war in Sudan has created the largest displacement, humanitarian and hunger crisis in the world. Since April 2023, over 600,000 people have spilled into Chad after fleeing Darfur, Sudan’s westernmost region, where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces face accusations of genocide against the Masalit and other non-Arab populations. In January and February 2024, Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi traveled to the refugee camps in Chad and to West Darfur, Sudan. She was the first foreign journalist to report from inside Darfur since the start of the current war. February 4, 2024.

The Darfur Crisis

Soldiers from paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ride by a destroyed tank belonging to the defeated Sudanese Armed Forces in El Geneina, West Darfur. The war in Sudan has created the largest displacement, humanitarian and hunger crisis in the world. Since April 2023, over 600,000 people have spilled into Chad after fleeing Darfur, Sudan’s westernmost region, where the RSF face accusations of genocide against the Masalit and other non-Arab populations. In January and February 2024, Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi traveled to the refugee camps in Chad and to West Darfur, Sudan. She was the first foreign journalist to report from inside Darfur since the start of the current war. February 20, 2024.

The Darfur Crisis

Orphaned by the war, Mawada Mohamed, 17, cradles her 1-year old sister, Aza Ismail, at the hospital in El Geneina, West Darfur. During armed clashes, their mother was killed, and a piece of shrapnel pierced Aza's head, leading to life-threatening complications. The war in Sudan has created the largest displacement, humanitarian and hunger crisis in the world. Since April 2023, over 600,000 people have spilled into Chad after fleeing Darfur, Sudan’s westernmost region, where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces face accusations of genocide against the Masalit and other non-Arab populations. In January and February 2024, Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi traveled to the refugee camps in Chad and to West Darfur, Sudan. She was the first foreign journalist to report from inside Darfur since the start of the current war. February 19, 2024.