Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Co-existence in Northern Sudan

World Vision Report
Week of 20 December 2008
http://www.worldvisionreport.org/index.php?option=com_stories&id=232



Sudan has become synonymous with war, due to the five-year conflict raging in Darfur. The UN estimates that 300,000 people have died and close to 2.5 million others have been displaced. The vast majority have been indigenous Africans.

Darfur's war is often portrayed as a racial one, pitting Arabs against Africans. But in northern parts of the country, many Sudanese are defying stereotypes. Heba Aly files this report from Dongola, a town in northern Sudan where Africans and Arabs have been living together harmoniously for decades.

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