Ashley Hamer

As pastoralists move in search of pasture, families are separated and forced to live in camps where disease is rife.

Up to 80 percent of Somaliland’s export income is generated by sales of sheep, goat, camel and cattle.

As their animals starve to death, thousands of herder families are struggling to survive.

In displacement camps and across fractured rural communities, women are holding what remains together.

With continued government and rebel force fighting, civilians caught in between find shelter in holy city of Waat.

Dire security situation in the country and thousands displaced on the eve of anniversary celebrations.

Abyei, a fist of oil-rich land on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, is violently contested.

With soldiers roaming deserted streets, displaced population shelters at nearby UN base in the aftermath of fighting.

Refusing to sign ‘bad’ peace agreement, S Sudan president tells his people to persevere in face of hardships ahead.

Intensified battles between rebels and government forces in South Kordofan state wreak havoc on civilian life.