View out over a refugee camp in Adre, a border town in the Ouaddaï province in Chad. Overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in Adre have led to a severe health crisis, with over 1,200 cases of Hepatitis E reported, including three fatalities, by July 2024. Photo by Nicolò Filippo Rosso

Join us on Thursday, November 7, at 12:00 EST / 18:00 CET, for a talk with Nicolò Filippo Rosso and Finbarr O’Reilly.

In April last year, Sudan was thrown into disarray when violent clashes erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict has plunged the nation into what the UN has described as “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history.”
Tens of thousands have died, millions have been displaced, and hunger and disease are widespread. About 11.3 million people have been forced to leave their homes, with nearly 2.95 million crossing into neighboring countries like Chad and South Sudan. There, underfunded aid agencies are struggling to provide even the most basic necessities.
In August of this year, Nicolò Filippo Rosso and Finbarr O’Reilly documented the refugee camps in Chad. Rosso will present the work created for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO). O’Reilly, who also traveled to eastern Chad around the same time, will share his images of the sprawling camps along the Darfur border, captured for Avaaz.

Best wishes,
David Campbell
Director, VII Insider