Crisis in Sudan

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir addresses the media at Khartoum airport, April 1, 2009 upon arrival from the Arab Summit in Doha. Crowds of supporters welcomed Bashir back to Khartoum on Wednesday on his return from his latest trip abroad in defiance of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. Photo taken April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallh

Sudan may delay February elections again 10:31am ET

Parliamentary and presidential elections, Sudan's first democratic national vote in more than 20 years, could face a fresh delay after already being pushed back to February next year, a senior Sudanese official said.  Full Article 

Darfur Conflict

U.N. officials say as many as 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 2003, while Khartoum says 10,000 have died. A further 2.7 million people are estimated to have been uprooted by the conflict

 
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Women of Sudan

Photographer Zohra Bensemra provides intimate portraits of some of the women living in Sudan.  Slideshow 

 
Hawa Abakar, 21, who gave birth earlier in the day, sits behind a mosquito net in the makeshift village of Taiba, where ethnic Arabs displaced by insecurity and tribal tensions have set up shelters some 40 kilometers (30 miles) north of the eastern Chadian town of Gos Beida, June 9, 2008.    REUTERS/Finbarr O'reilly
Rebel offensive

"Fearing imprisonment or worse, I said I was a journalist, held up my cameras and gestured I wanted to take their picture."   Blog | Slideshow 

 
Portfolio of work

A showcase of work from Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly.   Slideshow