In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, scores of babies are abandoned every year. Most are born out of wedlock, but, for some, their parents simply can't afford to keep them.

Muhjah Khateeb, a 29-year-old doctor, wanted to give one of those babies a chance. Here is the story, in her own words, of her fight to adopt a boy named Fadi.

Reporter Heba Aly produced this story.

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