Sudan: Young Sudanese Refugees Cope With Loss, Long for Peace

Juba, South Sudan — The baby was a newborn when the war broke out in Sudan. No one knew how old she was because her biological mother was missing.

A 20-year-old refugee, Ghufran Hamed Al-Nour, took responsibility for the baby, referred to as Deborah in this report.

“I feel like I am her mother,” said Ghufran. “I feel pity for her for the things we went through in Sudan.”

The two sat on an old hospital bed in a refugee transit camp health facility in Renk, a South Sudanese town near the border…