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Eastern Front troops
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Briefing: Eastern Front rebels
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Fighters have joined the movement from all over Sudan.
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A young Beja Congress fighter joins the ranks. It is unclear just how much military power the movement has.
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A young Beja fighter. He is joining a long line of Beja men and women who have resisted external control of their region.
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A Beja sword is passed down from generation to generation. It is rarely used for fighting nowadays, but has huge symbolic value in the East.
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Eastern Front patrol near the Front Line.
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Eastern Front troop commander with his men, the symbol of the Beja Congress behind them.
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Mounted Beja troops patrol the Line of Control.
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Published November 1, 2007

Photographs by Th. Goisque

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