Volunteers in Sudan risk being hit by stray bullets to bury the dead
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Volunteers in Sudan risk being hit by stray bullets to bury the dead

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Each time the call comes in, the team moves quickly. "It's emotionally very difficult," said Afrah Mohammed, a volunteer with the Sudanese Red Crescent, which has buried more than 180 bodies since heavy fighting broke out in April. Sudan conflict brings new atrocities Photo shows African family on a yellow tarp on dusty ground in countryside camp with tents behind Two decades after Darfur became synonymous with genocide and war crimes, Amnesty International is reporting widespread killings, rapes and destruction of villages The volunteers are among the countless Sudanese in cities across the country putting themselves in harm's way to try to fill the gaps left where basic services have collapsed. The Sudanese Red Crescent has helped bury bodies since heavy fighting broke out in the country in April. "The patients I've seen carry so much despair in their eyes," said Magda Ibrahim, a Sudanese worker at MSF in Wad Madani.

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