Portraits - 1st prize
Adam Nadel
Polaris Images
Polaris Images
01 September, 2004
Valia Azain Muhammad with her child at Oure Cassoni refugee camp. She was sexually attacked by government troops after an attack on her town.
Conflict between government forces, rebel groups and Arab militia in the Darfur area of Sudan led to the displacement of some two million people in 2003. Many sought safety in neighboring Chad. Since then, nearly a million more people have fled the region. A long, painful and often unsuccessful peace process finally led to an agreement in 2020, but for decades refugees from Darfur have made up a large proportion of migrants seeking safety in other countries.