A poignant article about the struggles in Sudan includes the following: "Fadulla Khrief, 55, hobbles through Nera, where his family fled with Halima Ali's after a raid on the village of Bashom He was sjhot in the leg as he carried his centenarian uncle to safety. "Abakar Yusef is a walking history book for our people," Khrief said. We weren't going t let him die."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13248-2004Nov25.html