Angelina Jolie report to crisis in Sudan part1

Jolie laments children’s plight in Darfur, calls for more security KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct 27 (UNHCR) The need for security and access to displaced people’s home villages were the key concerns raised by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie as she ended a three-day visit to Sudan’s strife-torn West Darfur province today. The Goodwill Ambassador started her mission to West Darfur on Monday, visiting camps to see first-hand the situation of tens of thousands of internally displaced people. She returned to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to share her observations in a press conference on Wednesday. Jolie recounted stories of village raids and rapes, including the gang rape last week of a 12-year-old girl and her mother. “These events are recent and horrifying. And they show that there is still instability,“ she lamented. “I met with many children who have been trapped in the middle of this conflict. They were wearing clothes full of holes, that were
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