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“If I could go home, I would”: Ten years on, Darfuri refugees still waiting to return
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on March 1st, 2013
In February, the IRC’s Sophia Jones-Mwangi visited the Oure Cassoni camp in eastern Chad, home to 280,000 Darfuri refugees, some of whom have been living there for a decade. more »
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Remembering Darfur
Posted by Peter.Biro on March 1st, 2013
Almost a decade ago, as people started to flee their scorched villages in Darfur, Sudan, I traveled to the town of Bahai in northeastern Chad, where the IRC was the only humanitarian organization assisting the flood of people crossing the border. more »
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Noted: "On the ground in Africa"
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 30th, 2011
IRC president George Rupp moderated a panel discussion on Africa on Monday that featured former IRC communications officer Emily Holland, co-author of a memoir about child soldiers in Liberia. more »
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Photo Share: Sandstorm in Chad
Posted by melissa.winkler on August 23rd, 2011
Tamam, an IRC health manager in Chad, sent on these images of a recent sandstorm that hit Bahai -- a desert outpost where we aid refugees from Darfur. They really show the remote and extreme conditions in which IRC staff sometimes work in order to bring humanitarian aid to people who need it the most. more »
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A crisis worse than Darfur
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 3rd, 2009
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Speaking up for Darfur: 28,000 voices at UN headquarters
Posted by tim.lash on April 22nd, 2009
Thanks to all of you who signed the IRC Petition to Keep Humanitarian Aid in Sudan. Amazingly, more than 28,000 people from around the world added their names during the petition drive from March 4 to April 6. Together we protested the Government of Sudan’s decision to close lifesaving aid programs in Darfur. more »
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Lifesaving healthcare and screaming babies / Chad
Posted by joanne.offer on October 23rd, 2008
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The journey to Chad
Posted by joanne.offer on October 22nd, 2008
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Video: George Clooney on Darfur [This Week's Voices]
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 14th, 2008
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Darfur: My Story
Posted by The.IRC on December 19th, 2007
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