Peter Martell takes photographs, and has shot for for Agence France-Presse (AFP), the BBC online website, the humanitarian news agency, IRIN, as well as other clients, including UN agencies.

His photographs have appeared in a wide range of publications including The New York Times, BBC online, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Time,  The Financial Times, Norway’s Aftenposten, The Guardian, Denmark’s Kristeligt Dagblad, The Daily Telegraph, Global Post, CSM, The Los Angeles Times, CNN and Al-Jazeera online.

A selection can be viewed below.

Nasir, Upper Nile, South Sudan.  Children play in the grounds of a hospital while their mothers wait for treatment.
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Bor, Jonglei, South Sudan. A mother waits to have her child weighed  to check for malnutrition in a clinic.  Poor or badly timed rains, coupled with insecurity, ethnic clashes and cattle raiding, have left many Southern Sudanese needing extra food supplies.
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Nasir, Southern Sudan. A traditional cattle camp.
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Mundari cattle herder, Central Equatoria, Southern Sudan. November 2009.
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Juba, Southern Sudan. Southern President Salva Kiir overlooks the capital Juba while children play.
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Juba, Southern Sudan. A doctor examines patients for potential cataracts in their eyes.  Access to even basic health services remains limited for many Southern Sudanese. 
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Juba, Southern Sudan. Soldiers stand in front of a billboard featuring Southern President Salva Kiir (left) and Khartoum-based President Omar al-Bashir.
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Akobo, Jonglei, Southern Sudan. A man shot in the groin in a militia attack rests in hospital.
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Khartoum, Sudan. Angry demonstrators protest against the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the issuing of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir on war crimes charges. 
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Western Equatoria, Southern Sudan. Refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wait to be registered after crossing into neighbouring Sudan for shelter following a series of brutal raids by the Ugandan-led Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels. The guerillas, whose fearsome attacks have plagued the region for over two decades since they began a rebellion in northern Uganda, have wreaked havoc in several nations in the region.
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Fighters from the Ugandan-led Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, in the jungle along the South Sudan-DRC border, August 2006.  The rebels fix bayonets to their weapons, most commonly the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle. Copyright Peter Martell

LRA commanders in August 2006, along the South Sudan-DRC border.  Like all the top leadership, the International Criminal Court have issued warrants for their arrest. Vincent Otti (left) then number two for the rebels, was later killed himself after falling out with leader Joseph Kony.  Okot Odhiambo (right), who assumed his command,  remains at large. The leadership are believed to be based in remote jungle regions between the DRC, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. Copyright Peter Martell.