In the month of May Amira embarked on a perilous journey through one of Sudan’s most active war zones.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had just seized the city where she was living – En Nahud in the state of West Kordofan.
The road out was dangerous, but she felt she had no choice. She was seven months pregnant.
“There were no hospitals anymore, no pharmacies,” she said, “and I was afraid if I stayed longer, I wouldn’t find any vehicles heading out. Travel had become almost non-existent: incredibly difficult and extremely expensive.”