As the only doctor at a hospital serving more than 2 million people, Dr. Tom Catena works seven days a week and is on call every night — and still makes time for morning Mass.

The Nuba Mountains of Sudan may be the last place one would expect to find an Ivy League-educated doctor living among the people, but Dr. Tom Catena would not have it any other way. A native of ...

From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s hotspots JULUD, Sudan (AlertNet) - Deep in Sudan's troubled Nuba Mountains, Mukwar Salob, a 65-year-old ...

Beginning in late January 2012, as malnourished refugees from the Nuba Mountains poured over the border into South Sudan, the international community discussed opening up a humanitarian corridor into ...

YIDA, South Sudan, May 23 (UNHCR) – Truckloads of refugees are arriving in South Sudan's Yida border area from neighbouring Sudan's Nuba Mountains every day, including many malnourished children.

Climbing into Sudan's Nuba Mountains I turned and saw her standing above me, in a dress so clean and white it seemed out of place with her surroundings. Something about her seemed at once strong, even ...

YIDA, South Sudan, May 23 (UNHCR) - Truckloads of refugees are arriving in South Sudan's Yida border area from neighbouring Sudan's Nuba Mountains every day, including many malnourished children.