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Tears from Khartoum land in Nairobi as world cries for Sudan

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Nagla Ahmed follows proceedings at a justice forum hosted by Wayamo Foundation at the Aga Khan University pavilion on Friday morning. [Elise Carreau]

At the Aga Khan University's Graduate School of Communication's pavilion on Friday morning, Sudan national Nagla Ahmed sobbed and gnashed as a fellow countryman, Gouja Ahmed, made a passionate peace plea for his strife-stricken country.

Her facial tissues were all drenched when Moneim Adam, another fellow countryman, drew closer, and rubbed her back in comfort. But it was not enough to rub off the nightmares of the shelling in Khartoum which have been running in her head for weeks.

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