Refugees fleeing oppressive regimes in Africa tell why they think life is better overseas than at home.
Harriet Martin
Harriet Martin is an author and journalist reporting for Al Jazeera from Khartoum. She has been covering Sudan for many years, after researching and a... nd lecturing international peace making in Geneva. She began her career as a war correspondent in Bosnia.
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About 40,000 displaced Sudanese are no longer citizens of the north, but they still aren’t living in the South.
South Sudanese in limbo in Khartoum
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Despite a peace deal signed last September, hostility prevails as the countries amass troops on their shared border.
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