16/02/2026
Sudan: Thousands cling to a fragile hope in makeshift tents
Download logo Some families have survived in those harsh conditions for months. Among them, 17-year-old Doha and her brothers and sisters reached Tawila after a three-day long journey from El Fasher by foot and donkey cart, exhausted and frightened. Home in the key city of Darfur had become too dangerous. Food was scarce. Health facilities were destroyed. School, once the centre of Doharsquo;s days, was no more. ldquo;This girl caught our eye because she was smiling,rdquo; said Eva Hinds, spokesperson for the UN Childrenrsquo;s Fund (UNICEF) in Sudan to UN News. ldquo;And she so desperately wanted to speak English. Irsquo;m always so struck when I see someone who is beaming in the...
