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Women in war-torn Sudan earn living by making sweets

South Sudan Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba during the 18th Meeting of the Bureau of EAC Speakers at Ole Sereni Hotel, Nairobi on November 13, 2024. Kenyan National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula elected President of the EAC regional body and took over from Tanzania Speaker Dr.Tulia Ackson[Boniface Okendo, Standard]

In a shelter center for internally displaced persons in Port Sudan, eastern Sudan, the air was filled with the joyful sounds and laughter of women moving among tools for making sweets, accompanied by the rhythmic noise of flour being mixed.

These women, displaced by the ongoing civil war in the country, are striving to overcome life's hardships by securing a source of income after losing their homes and belongings to the conflict.

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