Postcards From the Edge of Humanity ; Five Years On From the Start of the Conflict in Darfur, One Welsh Man Is in the Thick of the Crisis. Julie Richards Caught Up with Oxfam's Alun Mcdonald, Working to Help the Thousands of People Living in Difficult and Dangerous Conditions in Overcrowded Camps

Western Mail › April 12, 2008

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I WILL have to explain before we continue with our conversation that my work here in Sudan is of an extremely sensitive nature. I'll have to be careful what I say. We're not favoured by the Government, as you may well know."

It's a frustrating start to a telephone call I've been waiting a long time for.

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Postcards From the Edge of Humanity ; Five Years On From the Start of the Conflict in Darfur, One Welsh Man Is in the Thick of the Crisis. Julie Richards Caught Up with Oxfam's Alun Mcdonald, Working to Help the Thousands of People Living in Difficult and Dangerous Conditions in Overcrowded Camps

But that's how Alun McDonald, an Oxfam communications officer with over two years' service in Darfur, Sudan, starts all the same.

"My role is fraught with difficulties but despite the many, many challenges that I face on a daily basis, I really en...

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