Monday, March 19, 2007
Sudan's slave voices - BBC News photo essay
Some 8,000 people are believed to be living as slaves in Sudan after being seized by Arab militias during the long war between north and south. The war is now over and some ex-slaves have returned home. But most are finding life tough back in the devastated south.
Marko Akot Deng Akot: "In 1987, the Arab militia came and attacked our village and took me.
My niece was also abducted but she was taken by a different man and I have not seen her since.
I had to look after the cattle, goats and sheep. I was only given left-overs to eat and sometimes nothing at all. One day, a cow went missing and I was beaten so badly that my right arm and leg are paralysed. ...
Some 8,000 people are believed to be living as slaves in Sudan after being seized by Arab militias during the long war between north and south. The war is now over and some ex-slaves have returned home. But most are finding life tough back in the devastated south.
Marko Akot Deng Akot: "In 1987, the Arab militia came and attacked our village and took me.
My niece was also abducted but she was taken by a different man and I have not seen her since.
I had to look after the cattle, goats and sheep. I was only given left-overs to eat and sometimes nothing at all. One day, a cow went missing and I was beaten so badly that my right arm and leg are paralysed. ...
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