[Nairobi, Kenya 29°] A return to Nairobi after a heavy schedule across seven cities and countless villages throughout Southern Sudan leaves me tired and ready for a holiday in Tanzania. First a safari near Arusha, then a beachside break on the island of Zanzibar.
I haven’t had the opportunity to post in the last two weeks as I continued to visit sites, interview people and learn more about the complexities of Southern Sudan.
Once I return to Montréal in early May, I will begin to review my pages of notes and hundreds of photos taken during the sevens weeks in Southern Sudan. I will view the hours of video footage and listen to the dozens of audio interviews recorded during the visit. The books, newspapers, reports and other written documentation collected during the visit will be read and analysed upon return.
Here are a selection of photographs taken during the visit that portray remnants of Sudan’s civil war that ended in January 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Most photos were taken in Abyei Transitional Area and reflect the city of Abyei since the May 2008 Crisis that erupted in fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, leaving the town much destroyed.
IMAGES FROM WAU:
IMAGES FROM ABYIE:
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