Sally Hayden

A Sudanese refugee finds that so-called legal routes to safety can bring their own forms of psychological torture

Thousands of bodies buried amid fears that failing to do so could lead to the spread of disease

Desperate calls for more attention to be turned towards a country that has been in crisis for 12 years

Mayor of Derna fears city will be struck by an epidemic due to large number of bodies beneath the rubble and in the water

International aid begins to arrive as the UK announces an initial package worth up to €1.16m

Coastal city of Derna may be worst affected as two dams collapse leaving quarter of its territory ‘disappeared’

Ethiopian seeking refuge says people have died by ‘bullets, lack of medicine and starvation’

‘When I finish my art piece, it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to the street and it belongs to the people’

Devastating conflict that began in Sudan in April has claimed thousands of lives and displaced four million people, more than one million of whom have left the country

The north African country, a hotspot on ‘the deadliest migration route in the world’, is a microcosm of a global problem

Testimony from survivors on a doomed migrant boat suggests hundreds of deaths may have been preventable

Resident doctors seek improved conditions and replacement of large number of medical staff who are leaving the country each week

Heritage protection initiative aims to develop network of contacts and volunteers dedicated to safeguarding of Sudan’s cultural heritage amid amid devastating war

Illegal synthetic drug offers some Sierra Leoneans an escape from the relentlessness of poverty in a country with limited resources to combat drug issue

UN agency calls for governments to better protect vulnerable children, including by providing safe and legal pathways for them to migrate, seek asylum and reunite with family members