Published 18:19 IST, December 12th 2020
Family separated by conflict reunites in Sudan
A family separated as they fled Ethiopia's Tigray region have been reunited in Sudan.
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A family separated as y fled Ethiopia's Tigray region have been reunited in Sudan.
Tsiga Tegra's husband was detained by armed men for seven days in ir vill before being released, but experience left family feeling y h choice but to flee.
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Leaving in various directions y h idea if y would see each or again but were finally reunited in Hamdayet - a reception center hosting thousands of refugees from Ethiopia fleeing to Sudan.
Although safe, y are struggling to cope.
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re is a lack of food, sanitation and healthcare, alongside threat of waterborne disease.
UNHCR (UN Refugee ncy), toger with Sudanese authorities, have moved some 12,000 refugees from Hamdayet and Abderafi border points to Um Rakuba camp, situated some 70 kilometers away from Ethiopian border.
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Nearly 50,000 Ethiopians have fled to Sudan, following conflict in Tigray.
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18:19 IST, December 12th 2020