In recent weeks, violence has flared again in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, forcing the largest-scale evacuation of humanitarian workers since aid operations in the war-torn area began in 2004. More than 400 staff members from the United Nations and NGOs were moved from conflict zones last month due to rising insecurity.
Suzie Bernardo arrives at the market in the centre of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, at dawn after a long bus ride from a remote slum. There she erects her portable charcoal stove, and sets out tea glasses clouded with fingerprints, and jars of tea, coffee and sugar.