Ten Thousand Return to South Sudan
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Joining over 50,000 returnees to Southern Sudan region in Udhaba/Apada, a woman scrubs her child in a makeshift bathtub. Image: Paul Banks/UNphoto
Thousands Come Home
A Southern Sudanese returnee washes her child in the Udhaba/Apada area near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan. Since 1 December, 2010 the area has seen the return of 10,000 South Sudanese, with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) registering approximately 50,000 returnees state-wide over the same period.
13 January 2011
Aweil, Sudan
Image: Paul Banks/UNphoto
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