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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Mahamat Ramadane

In flight from Sudan, refugees in Chad give birth alone without shelter

Amne Moustapha a pregnant Sudanese refugee who fled the violence in her country pours a can of oil received from the World Food Programme (WFP) into a container as she gathers with other refugees near the border between Sudan and Chad, in Koufroun, Chad April 28, 2023. REUTERS/Mahamat Ramadane

At a refugee camp in remote eastern Chad, Amné Moustapha is close to giving birth. Her contractions are dizzying and her feet swell in the baking heat. Her husband is building a shack from sticks and string to shelter their coming newborn.

Moustapha, 28, fled her village of Tibelti in neighbouring Sudan eight days ago, one of thousands of people to pour from the north African country since fighting between rival factions began two weeks ago.

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