The man who captured Sudan’s uprising
By DW
13 May 2019 |
5:33 am
Photographer Mahmoud Hemmeaida has been documenting Sudan's uprising since it began in December. He hopes the images he has captured will help future generations to understand the suffering people have endured.
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