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  • Internally displaced people (IDP's) from the Darfur region who sit and wait to be processed early in the morning outside a food distribution centre on the first day of distribution in Muhajiriyah IDP camp home to more than 35 000 IDP's in SLA(Sudan Liberation Army) rebel controlled South Darfur, Sudan Friday 22 October 2004. width:1000;;height:652
  • A Sudanese aid worker from the French aid organisation Solidarite watches over Internally displaced people (IDP's) from the Darfur region who sit and wait to be processed early in the morning outside a food distribution centre on the first day of distribution in Muhajiriyah IDP camp home to more than 35 000 IDP's in SLA(Sudan Liberation Army) rebel controlled South Darfur, Sudan Friday 22 October 2004. The continuing conflict and lack of security in Darfur saw 2 million Sudanese displaced from their villages and taking refuge in IDP camps across the region in 2004. Aid organisations branched out across Darfur in an attempt to assist the vast number of displaced needing water, food, shelter, clothing and medical attention in what the United Nations calls one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. <br /><br /> width:1000;;height:707
  • Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) rebels patrol near a bomb site from Sudanese government aircraft bombs 3 kilometers outside the town of Ellayeet in North Darfur, Sudan Sunday 24 October 2004. width:1000;;height:707
  • A Sudanese soldier from the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) with bullet wounds from fighting is treated at the MSF (Medicines Sans Frontier) clinic in Muhajiriyah in South Darfur, Sudan Saturday 23 October 2004. width:1000;;height:667
  • Sudanese men examine cattle for sale at the livestock market in Zalingei, Western Darfur, Sudan on Thursday 14 October 2004. The area around Zalingei is considered strategically important in Darfur owing to its agriculture and livestock. Fighting continues there between rebel SLA and government forces. width:1000;;height:707
  • A Sudanese mother and son attempt to approach a food and clothing distribution point as special policeman tries to control a crowd of people gathered from a nearbye IDP (internally displaced people) camp, by whiping them with sticks and whips in the remote town of Muhkjar in West Darfur, Sudan, Saturday 16 October 2004. The violence in Sudan's Darfur region has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes and created what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in the world today. width:1000;;height:743
  • Sudanese IDP's (internally displaced people) carry 25 litres of water each on their heads filled at a water point 1km from their camp in the remote village of Muhkjar in West Darfur, Sudan Sunday 17 October 2004. Water is a serious concern for IDP's and aid organisations in Darfur who are attempting to cope with the vast numbers of IDP's and their needs in the overcrowded camps. UNICEF is providing water treatment so that it is safe to drink. The violence in Sudan's Darfur region has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes and created what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. width:1000;;height:682
  • A Sudanese IDP (Internally displaced people) mother waiting to see a doctor for her sick baby at the MSF (Medicines Sans Fronteir) clinic in the Al Hameidia IDP camp,West Darfur, Sudan. The Sudanese government Monday, 29 November 2004, ordered the expulsion within 48 hours, of two senior international aid workers claiming the two who work for Oxfam and Save the Children had broken laws on non-intervention in Sudan's political, ethnic or sectarian issues. width:1000;;height:672
  • A Sudanese Internally Displaced (IDP) woman cuts with a home-made knife in Muhajiriyah IDP camp, home to more than 40 000 refugees in Darfur, Sudan 21 October 2004. Speaking on Sunday 07 May 2006, Jan Egeland, the UN's top humanitarian official, said it is vital that UN peacekeepers are allowed into Sudan's Darfur region to assist in ending the humanitarian crisis. This as he begins a tour to Darfur to assess conditions there and in refugee camps in neighbouring Chad.The government of Sudan and the main Darfur rebel faction, the SLA, signed a peace agreement in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday 06 May 2006 after weeks of intense negotiations hoping to end the three years of fighting which has killed about 200,000 and left about two million homeless. width:1000;;height:669
  • Sudanese IDP's (internally displaced people) in the over-crowded Asilef camp near Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan Tuesday 19 October 2004. Ending months of a tug-of-war with Sudan, the UN Security Council authorized Tuesday 31 July 2007 the deployment of more than 20,000 UN and African Union troops to the war-torn Darfur region. width:1000;;height:676
  • Picture dated 20 October 2004 of Musif, an 18month old Sudanese IDP (internally displaced people) boy suffering from severe malnutrition and Tuberculosis reaches out to his father in the theraputic feeding centre at the Nyala hospital in south Darfur, Sudan. The violence in Sudan's Darfur region has driven more than 2 million people from their homes and created what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in the world today.<br /> width:1000;;height:682
  • A Sudanese man builds a shelter out of sticks and plastic sheeting provided by UNICEF in the Kalma camp for internally displaced peolpe (IDP) near Nyala, Southern Sudan Wednesday 13 October 2004. The Kalma camp is home to an estimated 30 000 IDP's with the numbers steadily increasing. The violence in Sudan's Darfur region has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes and created what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in the world today.<br /> width:1024;;height:685
  • Musif, an 18month old Sudanese IDP (internally displaced people) boy suffering from severe malnutrition and Tuberculosis reaches out to his father in the theraputic feeding centre at the Nyala hospital in south Darfur, Sudan Wednesday 20 October 2004.<br /><br />The Nyala hospital is overwhelmed with referals from clinics in IDP camps around Darfur. More than 500 new patients are being dealt with each day and the hospital is in the process of building new wards to keep up with demands. Medical staff fear massive famine accross Darfur as a primary concern and with the IDP's immunity at a low level several diseases are spreading.<br /> width:1024;;height:698
  • A sick Sudanese IDP (Internally displaced people) child is weighed at the MSF (Medicines Sans Fronteir) clinic in the Al Hameidia IDP camp, home to more than 20 000 displaced Sudanese near the town of Zelingei in West Darfur, Sudan Monday 18 October 2004.<br /><br />The MSF clinic reports approximately 300 new cases of Malaria each week and around 100 new cases of Jaundice. Chronic dioreah and respiratory problems are also prevelant as well as 10% of the IDP's suffering from various stages of Malnutrition.<br /><br />African leaders at the recent summit on Darfur in Libya suggested autonomy and a federal system of government for the Darfur region as a possible solution to the crisis which has seen more than 1.5 million displaced.<br /> width:1024;;height:712
  • A Sudanese IDP (Internally displaced people) woman waits for treatment with other sick IDP's at the MSF (Medicines Sans Fronteir) clinic in the Al Hameidia IDP camp, home to more than 20 000 displaced Sudanese near the town of Zelingei in West Darfur, Sudan Monday 18 October 2004.<br /><br />The MSF clinic reports approximately 300 new cases of Malaria each week and around 100 new cases of Jaundice. Chronic dioreah and respiratory problems are also prevelant as well as 10% of the IDP's suffering from various stages of Malnutrition.<br /><br />African leaders at the recent summit on Darfur in Libya suggested autonomy and a federal system of government for the Darfur region as a possible solution to the crisis which has seen more than 1.5 million displaced.<br /> width:1024;;height:717
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