People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control, queue for food rations in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region on April 13, 2025.
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Western Sudan is once again engulfed in a bloody and brutal civil war.
Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people have taken refuge from the violence at Tawila, a refugee camp.NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Bob Kitchen of the International Rescue Committee about his recent trip to Darfur, what he witnessed at Tawila and what refugees need most in this moment.
This episode was produced by Michael Levitt and Kathryn Fink. It was edited by Sarah Handel. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
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