The Man Who Stayed Behind (in Sudan)
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFMy Sunday column is about Ryan Boyette, an American aid worker who stayed behind in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan to bear witness to atrocities there, when virtually everyone else evacuated. I thought you might like to take a look at Ryan, so here are a couple of photographs.
Ryan BoyetteRyan Boyette and his wife, Jazira, in front of their home in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
Ryan BoyetteRyan Boyette, who lives in Sudan's Nuba Mountains, shows how dirty the drinking water is in his area.I wrote about Ryan partly as a way to shine a spotlight on events in Sudan, for the situation there is very fragile. There are incipient rebellions at this point in Nuba Mountains, in Blue Nile, in Darfur, all of which are beginning to link together to challenge the Bashir government in Khartoum. Meanwhile, there is still trouble in Abyei, on the boundary between north and south. And within the South, there are serious tensions and conflicts as well. It's difficult to gain attention for problems abroad when we have our own crisis at home, but with a famine brewing in the Nuba Mountains let's not forget our global humanitarian instincts. And Ryan and the Nuban people set an amazing example with their courage and determination. Your comments welcome.
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