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Talks to end Sudan's long standing civil war appear stuck on one final point - the status of three disputed areas.
The Nuba rebels of central Sudan have lost their revered leader of 15 years and now face famine. Yousif Kuwa, who died in March, led the Nuba fight for survival, gave them a sense of identity and a pride in their African roots.
The systematic razing of villages in South Sudan to clear the way for drilling oil. Mercenaries fight SPLA rebels in the struggle for control over the country's resources.
Oil giant Lundin Petroleum built a road from the village of Rubkona to its oil rig. Allegedly, thousands of people were driven from their homes, even tortured and killed, to make way for this road.
Sleeping sickness is spreading in Sudan. Older drugs that have been used for decades have been abandoned by their producers because they are not profitable. The newer treatments are priced either beyond the means of patients or are not available because their producers have not found them profitable. Globalisation is doing nothing to help those dying from the otherwise treatable disease.
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