Jan 22 How do the new U.S. visa rules work? By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Obama administration is tightening travel restrictions on Europeans and others who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the last five years. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 7:45 Sudanese military bombings don’t spare civilians, aid workers By PBS News Hour A war has been raging for the past three years in a rebel-controlled region of southern Sudan, and civilians and aid workers have been caught in the middle of bombings by the government. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia reports in conjunction… Continue watching
Jun 17 Muslim political cartoonist fights oppression with pen By Aisha Jama Sudanese-born cartoonist Khalid Albaih was lauded as “an artist of the revolution” during the Arab Spring, and now he's pointing his pencil at other world events. Continue reading
Feb 18 Photos: Lynsey Addario’s life as a witness to war By Victoria Fleischer Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has covered conflict in Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. She tells her story in her new memoir, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.”… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch For one of Sudan’s Lost Boys, telling story on film offers healing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 10 Mentally ill shackled and neglected in Africa’s crisis regions By Victoria Fleischer Robin Hammond had never considered the long-term mental health effects on the Africans whose stories of war, famine and conflict he had covered for 12 years as a documentary photographer. But on a 2011 reporting trip to Sudan, he witnessed… Continue reading
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Jul 13 Relief Workers Decry Living Conditions in South Sudan Refugee Camp By Larisa Epatko Sudanese taking refuge in a tent camp in Jamam, South Sudan, may have escaped the fighting around their homes but are finding their plight is not over yet. Continue reading
Jul 09 South Sudan’s Independence Gets a ‘Rocky’ Start By Larisa Epatko In the year since South Sudan became an independent country, it has seen violent flare-ups between ethnic groups and a financial squeeze brought on by its decision to cut off oil to its northern neighbor, Sudan. Continue reading
May 09 Desperate in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains: ‘They’ve Started Eating Leaves’ By Larisa Epatko Disputes along the border of Sudan and newly independent South Sudan blow hot and cold. Last month, fighting between the northern and southern armies over Sudan's Heglig oil fields took the conflict to a new high. Although the battles there… Continue reading