Escaping Darfur: Mothers face starvation under trees in Chad

Darfur, Sudan – Under a lone tree in the Iridimi refugee camp in eastern Chad, 45-year-old Thuraya Mukhtar sits quietly, trying to piece together the remnants of a life that was safe before war tore it from its roots.

Just a week ago, the deafening roar of explosions and relentless gunfire forced her to abandon her home in the Orchi ar...