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  • Rebecca Esliker is a psychologist at the University of Makeni. She speaks of a “medical war” between modern and traditional medicine.
    Rebecca Esliker is a psychologist at the University of Makeni. She speaks of a “medical war” between modern and traditional medicine.
  • David Conteh is one of 45,000 traditional healers in Sierra Leone.
    David Conteh is one of 45,000 traditional healers in Sierra Leone.
  • This series focusses on the drought and its impact in Kenya, Somalia and Zimbabwe (Image: TNH)
  • The land adjacent to the Pibor River is now indistinguishable from the river itself. Floods here in 2017 took three months to subside, according to MSF, and the water is still rising.
  • A man drives a speedboat along what was once a footpath in central Pibor. The national government “has not yet taken any initiative towards this situation”, said the governor of Pibor, David Yau Yau.
  • A young donkey lies dead in the grass in Gumuruk, a village roughly 30 kilometres from Pibor town. Local farmers have lost considerable amounts of livestock since the flooding began, due to a lack of available land to graze as well as waterborne parasites
  • Residents in central Pibor have had to flee their homes and scramble to safety. The extent of the damage has meant that humanitarian organisations are now being forced to provide aid with resources originally intended for next year’s dry season.
  • Empty fuel drums float around in the MSF healthcare facility.
  • A man sits in a flooded tractor within the compound of a now-defunct MSF primary healthcare centre in central Pibor.
  • A boy walks beside a man-made mud barrier that is keeping the floodwaters away from a small patch of dry land where roughly 2,700 people are living in makeshift shelters.
  • A man and three young girls use a canoe to transport their belongings on what was once a dry footpath leading away from Pibor’s airstrip. The rains are likely to continue until at least the end of November, putting even more people at risk.
  • Large swathes of land in South Sudan have been destroyed by flooding. The World Food Programme estimates that 40,000 acres of cropland have been destroyed.
    Large swathes of land in South Sudan have been destroyed by flooding. The World Food Programme estimates that 40,000 acres of cropland have been destroyed.
  • Benjamin Galwaha and his wife, Faith, run a small shop and rent out rooms in a property they own.
  • Benjamin Galwaha and his wife, Faith, run a small shop and rent out rooms in a property they own.
  • This series focusses on the drought and its impact in Kenya, Somalia and Zimbabwe
  • Occupational therapist Noor Al-Khatib teaches a Jordanian patient how to tie his shoelaces with only one hand.
  • Mohammad Zarzorie, from Latakia in Syria, arrived in Germany in 2015 and now works as an engineer in a chromium plating factory on the outskirts of Munich.
    Mohammad Zarzorie, from Latakia in Syria, arrived in Germany in 2015 and now works as an engineer in a chromium plating factory on the outskirts of Munich.
  • Johnson Nsiah, from Ghana, came to Germany with his wife in 2015 after they fled death threats in Libya. His wife and children are allowed to remain, but Nsiah is required to return to his home country and has been denied the right to work in Germany.
    Johnson Nsiah, from Ghana, came to Germany with his wife in 2015 after they fled death threats in Libya. His wife and children are allowed to remain, but Nsiah is required to return to his home country and has been denied the right to work in Germany.
  • Map showing Ethiopia, Oromia, West Guji, Gedeo, Gotiti
  • Mari Lole, a mother of nine, and Gedeo returnee, in her rebuilt home in Magala village, West Guji.
    Mari Lole, a mother of nine, and Gedeo returnee, in her rebuilt home in Magala village, West Guji.
  • Gelgelo Genee, Teremaj Belachew, Ibsa Ware, left to right, are "peace ambassadors" in Kercha, West Guji.
    Gelgelo Genee, Teremaj Belachew, Ibsa Ware, left to right, are "peace ambassadors" in Kercha, West Guji.
  • Imnet Irba, a 25 year old recent school graduate, leads monthly peace trainings in churches and schools in Gedeo zone.
    Imnet Irba, a 25 year old recent school graduate, leads monthly peace trainings in churches and schools in Gedeo zone.
  •  Takele Sereka (left) an Gedecha Wako (right), two "Abba Gadas", or elders, in Kercha, West Guji.
    Takele Sereka (left) an Gedecha Wako (right), two "Abba Gadas", or elders, in Kercha, West Guji.
  • Inter-ethnic friendships still exist: (From left to right) Dagim, Fitsum, Girum.
    Inter-ethnic friendships still exist: (From left to right) Dagim, Fitsum, Girum.
  • Statue in Hawassa of revered Sidama politician, Woldeamanuel Dubale.
    Statue in Hawassa of revered Sidama politician, Woldeamanuel Dubale.
  • A bed abandoned by the river side, Île aux Singes.
    A bed abandoned by the river side, Île aux Singes, Bangui.

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