Northern Sudan is a region that has largely been ignored, eclipsed by rebellion in Darfur and a civil war in the south that lasted two decades. But in villages along the Nile in the Nubian desert, far from the conflicts in other parts of the country, Sudanese people are living their own struggles.
No News is Bad News
Published October 21, 2008
Sitting, waiting, sweating. When you live on the margins in Sudan, there's nothing much behind you, and nothing much in front to look forward to.
And get over any romantic notions about hardy stoic villagers. The people of the Nubian desert tell us they don't like it. And they gather each day in their homes made of mud to share tea and some grinding certainties.
They know they'll always have the Nile. And the dawn will come each day. But they are also assured of absolute indifference to their needs from their government in distant Khartoum, as we hear from Canadian journalist Heba Aly.
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Mark C. Hackett, Special to the Pulitzer Center
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Heba Aly is a Canadian freelance journalist interested in international and human rights issues. She has worked for Canada's largest daily newspaper, the Toronto Star; its national broadcaster, the...
