"Desperation grows in Darfur camps," an audio slideshow narrated by Los Angeles Times reporter Edmund Sanders with photos by Lynsey Addario, shows the deleterious impact of the Sudanese government’s expulsion of thirteen international aid agencies from Darfur, which is already being felt acutely on the ground by Darfuris living in internally displaced persons, or IDP camps.
Sanders says the conditions in Zam Zam IDP camp in North Darfur are currently the worst he has seen in Sudan in the four years he’s been reporting on the Darfur conflict, and among the worst he has ever seen in Africa. Sanders warns that Zam Zam camp, “appears to be one of the first casualties of the [NGO expulsion].” He predicts that in the coming months, the number of “pockets of suffering” and “places that are going to fall through the cracks” will increase, as more Darfuris suffer from the repercussions of the Sudanese government’s callous removal of lifesaving humanitarian assistance from Darfur.