Wednesday, December 14, 2005
"Sudan bars Darfur atrocity probe"
The subject link story is current, but the pic and story of trek are from early summer (it refers to the trek's expected end in July). anyway, I couldn't resist the picture of the baby name Aisha.
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Some 6,000 people are currently trekking about 400km through the forests of southern Sudan to return home, following a deal to end a 21-year war.
They fled their homes in Raga four years ago with rebel fighters after an offensive from the Sudanese army and ended up in a camp near Tambura.
They are going through the forests, because they say the main routes are too dangerous because of minefields and collapsed bridges.
After a night spent under the rain when the truck she was travelling in got stuck in an overflowing stream, Hamida Abdulzarik, 20, has finally managed to cross Busseri River with her two youngest children.
Hamida's youngest child, Aisha, was born during this trek - four weeks ago. "She is healthy but the birth was very difficult," she said. "Labour lasted six hours. We have midwives in our group who helped me." At least 14 children have been born since the group started their long march at the end ofApril.
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Some 6,000 people are currently trekking about 400km through the forests of southern Sudan to return home, following a deal to end a 21-year war.
They fled their homes in Raga four years ago with rebel fighters after an offensive from the Sudanese army and ended up in a camp near Tambura.
They are going through the forests, because they say the main routes are too dangerous because of minefields and collapsed bridges.
After a night spent under the rain when the truck she was travelling in got stuck in an overflowing stream, Hamida Abdulzarik, 20, has finally managed to cross Busseri River with her two youngest children.
Hamida's youngest child, Aisha, was born during this trek - four weeks ago. "She is healthy but the birth was very difficult," she said. "Labour lasted six hours. We have midwives in our group who helped me." At least 14 children have been born since the group started their long march at the end ofApril.
