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Inside Sudan’s biggest refugee camp

BBC Africa's Mohanad Hashim goes to Kalma camp, home to 200,000 people displaced by 20 years of conflict in Darfur.

BBC Africa's Mohanad Hashim is one of the first journalists to travel freely in Sudan's Darfur region in a decade. It's suffered 20 years of conflict, with 2 million people forced from their homes. Mohanad visited Kalma, the largest camp in Darfur.

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Image: The women of Kalma camp, Darfur
Credit: BBC

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