Scenes from South Sudan's Independence Day, 9 July 2011
Following two decades of a civil war that cost the lives of more than 2.5 million people and displaced thousands more, this day offered South Sudanese the promise of a better and more peaceful way forward. As masses gathered in the scorching sun the next morning at the John Garang Mausoleum to listen to the declaration of independence, many broke down in tears.
Crisis in Darfur
Medical care, reproductive health commodities, and social support is provided by UNFPA to 700,000 internally displaced persons as well as the more than 1.8 million conflict-affected people in Darfur.