Dinka Cattle
100,000 head of cattle went on ahead as the vulnerable women and children were shipped by barge from Juba to Bor in Jonglie State. Seven thousand remaining Dinka from Bor are stuck in Yei having been attacked and had their cattle stolen.
Picture credit - IOM
7 Comments:
'Picture Credit: IOM' - not one of yours then? Who is IOM?
International Organisation for Migration - a quazi-UN organisation. The photographer is a freelancer Sven Torfinn based in Nairobi.
The picture is superb, Jonathan. It's just a shame about the misery & sorrow that goes with it.
There is misery everywhere though no more so in developing countries than in the west. In fact I can say that I have seen more desperate people and people in desperate situations in the UK than I ever have abroad. It is violence and relative not absolute poverty that destroys people. Yes, the picture is superb. Pity it is not one of mine!
Can reliative poverty really be worse than absolute poverty?
It is more destructive because you see wealth everywhere yet live in poverty yourself. If everyone lived in absolute poverty there would be no comparison to make.
Are those "plastic bag trees"?
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