Down and out in Darfur

Photographer Khaled El-Fiqi accompanies United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the depths of Darfur, meeting with displaced Sudanese, mainly women who suffered the brunt of the war. His camera spotted women emerging from makeshift camps, carrying firewood to cook what little food they are given by humanitarian relief agencies and women fetching water

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan surrounded by the women in Zam Zam camp, near Al-Fasher, northern Darfur

Aged woman at Zam Zam camp; Displaced women and children; Displaced Sudanese women from Darfur walk long distances to collect firewood

Sudanese displaced woman carries her son at Zam Zam camp in northern Darfur (left) and women with their children and belongings on donkeys