Running from the militias in Darfur

Survivors are often hunted down by government-backed militia

Glenn Middleton reports on the plight of those displaced by conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan.

Tiertie is one of many villages that has been brutally attacked by the Sudanese army.

Those fortunate to survive are hunted down by government-backed militia.

These villagers are easy targets.

Rape and murder are the rules of the day - only some manage to escape.

Across the border in Chad, the injured are taken into hospital.

Abdiea Muhammad managed to escape from the militia - but not before they tried to kill him.

After an attack on their village, Joseph Mamat, 12, said he woke up to the sounds of gunfire.

"Suddenly the shooting started and there were screams for help," he said.

"The bullets hit my brother all over his body and he died next to me.

"I had pain in my head, in my legs. I ran into the darkness - and I don't know if my mother and father are alive," he said.

Sense of fear

The sand storms from the desert bring with them a sense of fear.

Everyone wants to go.

Thousands have travelled across the desert to reach safety at Obsogo transit camp on the border to Chad.

Just three days old, Ahmed was born a refugee

But it is still a good hunting ground for the militia.

It is too dangerous to stay. Aid workers can reach the area - but the people must be moved.

These are the lucky ones.

The rest are left stranded along the border to Chad, which makes the crisis even more difficult for relief work.

The relocation is speeding up. With no end in sight to the war, these people will become just another number - another refugee.

At the Farchania refugee camp it is hot and dry - but at least it is only the flies that will bother you.

Fatna Fakari and her family are registered and allocated a tent.

This is their new home - here they are among friends.

And, in the midst of their nightmare, a new life is born.

Fatna gave birth to a baby boy.

His name is Ahmed, he is three days old - and he is born a refugee.