An internationally brokered peace treaty in 2005 ended decades of civil war between the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum and the black African southern region. The accord called for national elections, now set for this April, and for a referendum in the south, next January, on secession.
Children in Sudan Rely on Field Hospital for Food
Published March 4, 2010
In February, NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro and producer Nicole See visited a Doctors Without Borders hospital in a remote part of southern Sudan, where patients often walk for miles to get treatment. NewsHour correspondent Larisa Epatko reports on Fred and Nicole's trip.
The small staff at the mud-walled hospital complex in Jonglei province handles a variety of medical problems, including severely malnourished and underweight children, said NewsHour producer Nicole See. It is an expanding program that feeds children on an inpatient and outpatient basis...
Watch NewsHour producer Nicole See's slideshow of her and Fred de Sam Lazaro's reporting trip to a Doctors Without Borders hospital in southern Sudan.
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Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the expectations and high hopes of the predominantly Christian southern Sudanese voters, who are heading to the polls in this historic bid to separate from Sudan's Ar
Celebrating expected secession, south Sudan prepares for transition's challenges.
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Fred de Sam Lazaro is director of the Project for Under-Told Stories at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, a program that combines international journalism and teaching. He has served with The...
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Larisa Epatko is a reporter-producer for the PBS NewsHour's foreign affairs beat, producing multimedia reports for the Web site and contributing to the broadcast. She runs the World View...
