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Pharmacy under the trees at Catholic clinic in Abyei

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Simon Dau, a pharmacist, fills prescriptions at his desk under a tree outside the Catholic Church-sponsored clinic in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The clinic, along with the rest of the village, was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the church rehabilitated the clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.

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Paul Jeffrey
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Simon Dau, a pharmacist, fills prescriptions at his desk under a tree outside the Catholic Church-sponsored clinic in Leu, a village in the contested Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The clinic, along with the rest of the village, was looted and burned in 2011 when soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan swept through the area, chasing out more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok residents. A few thousand families have returned since northern combatants withdrew in 2012, yet their life is precarious. In Leu, the church rehabilitated the clinic and drilled a well. For political and logistical reasons, the Catholic Church is one of the few organizations willing to openly accompany the people of Abyei during these uncertain times.