Sudan
![Women from Kajo-Keji in South Sudan, who have been refugees, are now rebuilding their lives, with CAFOD's help [Rob Rees]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/africa/sudan/people_waving_leaves_and_streamers/9497-2-eng-GB/people_waving_leaves_and_streamers.jpg)
Africa’s largest country contains a huge diversity of communities and landscapes, and struggles to hold together as one nation-state
The people have suffered terribly from long and bloody civil wars which has created millions of refugees - many from South Sudan have now returned home, but maintenance of the fragile peace between the northern and southern states is difficult.
Chance of the peace holding is threatened particularly over the allocation of Sudan’s sizeable oil wealth – meanwhile, in the west, efforts to end the conflict there continue, with communities of Darfur still suffering.
We work right across this vast country helping those affected by conflict, building justice and peace, tackling the spread of HIV, and providing clean water and education.
![Listener Thomas Wiri is interviewed about the Sudan elections by Radio Emmanuel reporters Dimo Silva and Ochan Athanasio Lokolia [Bridget Burrows / CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-us/where-we-work/sudan/images/sudan-radio-interview/1214476-1-eng-GB/sudan-radio-interview_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
Sudanese citizens go to the polls for the first national multi-party elections in 24 years. Read how pioneering Catholic community radio stations are broadcasting vital election news to first-time voters |
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We are teaching people, forced to flee in southern Sudan, how to fix water pumps so they can ensure people in their villages have clean and safe water |
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![Helping those most at risk from devastating drought [Alessandra Magri/CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-us/what-we-do/emergencies/appeals/kenya-crisis/helping-those-most-at-risk-from-devastating-drought/1118438-1-eng-GB/helping-those-most-at-risk-from-devastating-drought_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
We respond to emergencies all over the world, reacting immediately by working through local organisations before, during and after the initial disaster |
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![A women in Hassa Hissa camp, near Zalingei, west Darfur. [Paul Jeffrey]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/woman-in-hassa-hissa-camp/286979-1-eng-GB/woman-in-hassa-hissa-camp_0column75_nospace_landscape.jpg)
