{"id":927,"date":"2020-12-21T19:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ethiopia\/?p=927"},"modified":"2020-12-21T19:08:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:08:31","slug":"war-forces-thousands-of-ethiopians-into-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/war-forces-thousands-of-ethiopians-into-sudan","title":{"rendered":"War forces thousands of Ethiopians into Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p>They took with them donkeys and beds and motorcycles and colorful cloths that they now drape over pipes to create shelters. Others left their shoes behind as they crossed a river to safety.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of Ethiopians who just weeks ago were contemplating the harvest season now huddle in refugee camps in Sudan. They ran from fields and homes and hospital rooms as months of tensions between Ethiopia\u2019s government and that of its defiant Tigray region erupted into deadly fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Some walked for days to reach the border, and once they did, they were packed into buses or trucks for an arduous, 11-hour journey to a camp. As one vehicle left, a baby cried hysterically, and his brother held the infant toward the window for fresh air, explaining that the child was hungry and dehydrated and the bus too crowded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1608489263838_390197\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<p class=\"\">As they watch the news, some of the young ethnic Tigrayan men say they hope to go back to fight for their homeland. Others fear they might never return: They tell of soldiers raiding their homes, beating them and neighbors in the street and leaving them for dead. Witnesses have said that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-ethiopia-massacres-d16a089f8dcb0511172b5662b9244f78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hundreds of people were massacred in the town of Mai-Kadra<\/a>, targeted because of their ethnicity \u2014 though there are conflicting accounts of who killed whom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-933\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/image-asset.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/image-asset.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/image-asset-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/image-asset-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoes left behind belonging to Tigrayan refugees are scattered near the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border after Ethiopian forces blocked people from crossing into Sudan, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo\/Nariman El-Mofty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">When night falls, the mood changes. The oppressive heat lifts. The aid workers go home. Kids dance to pop music, teens gather to drink coffee and smoke water pipes, and adults discuss politics. One man hopes that one day Tigray will secede from Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I do not identify as Ethiopian; I am Tigray,\u201d said Hayle Mariam, a 25-year-old refugee. \u201cWhen a married couple cannot continue, what do they do? They get a divorce \u2014 we need our divorce from Ethiopia.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1608489263838_335044\" class=\"sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready\" data-block-type=\"5\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1608574764779_171\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1608574764779_170\" class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press Ethiopia They took with them donkeys and beds and motorcycles and colorful cloths that they now drape over pipes to create shelters. Others left their shoes behind as they crossed a river to safety. 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