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Sudan's first bicycle courier finds new life in Cairo

Ramin Sina
October 6, 2025

Salma Awad risked her life delivering medicine in conflict zones in Sudan. Now in Cairo, she keeps pedaling to survive.

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Similar stories from Sudan

The hands of Mohamed, a refugee seated in an internal displacement camp

El-Fasher survivors tell of harrowing effort to escape RSF

In Sudan, el-Fasher is now under RSF control. DW's Sella Oneko and Konan Tipen spoke with survivors of the siege.
ConflictsJanuary 8, 202604:23 min
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L), head of the Sudanese Armed Forces and 'Hemedti' or Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (R), head of the Rapid Support Forces.

Inside Sudan's brutal war: The warlords and their allies

Sudan's two-year civil war is believed to have drawn in several global powers — all denying involvement.
ConflictsNovember 4, 202502:20 min
People queue for food rations in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13, 2025

Sudan community kitchens close amid Trump USAID cuts

Volunteer-run community kitchens have become lifelines in war-torn Sudan. Now, more than half have been forced to shut.
ConflictsJune 8, 202503:36 min
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More on Migration from Africa

A young woman stands looking at the camera, speaking. Behind her is a photo of another woman researching on a laptop, surrounded by documents

How useful is regular migration?

War, economic insecurity and the effects of climate change have heavily contributed to movement across borders.
MigrationDecember 17, 202301:28 min
Two people speak through a window with a metal grate

Meet 2 South Africans confronting anti-immigrant violence

DW meets two young people who have turned their backs on the xenophobia that is rife in South Africa.
MigrationDecember 14, 202305:28 min
Mahmoud, a people smuggler in Tunisia, uses his fingers to zoom into a map of the Mediterranean on his mobile phone.

Tunisia: Smugglers profiting from migration to Europe

As Germany grapples with increasing arrivals of migrants, people traffickers in Tunisia are busier than ever.
MigrationNovember 7, 202303:08 min
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Skip next section More on Migration from around the world

More on Migration from around the world

Thousands of protesters march in sub-zero temperatures during "ICE Out" day to protest the federal government's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis

Minnesota residents push back against ICE immigration raids

Ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota have fueled a rising grassroots pushback, as residents demand the agency leave the state.
MigrationJanuary 23, 202604:03 min
Volunteers from the Laghari Alliance feed Afghan refugees at the Chaman–Spin Boldak border in Pakistan

Hope at Chaman border: Volunteers aid Afghan refugees

Volunteers offer food and solidarity to refugees at the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing.
MigrationDecember 4, 202502:06 min
A middle-aged man wearing a beige shirt and yellow cap speaks into a DW microphone. He is standing on a street lined with high-rise buildings in Bogota

Venezuelan migrants in Colombia brace as US pressure grows

DW spoke with Venezuelan migrants in Bogota, who said rising US pressure could trigger long-awaited political change.
MigrationNovember 30, 202502:18 min
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