Elderly Ethiopian Refugees in Sudan Long for Home
Monday, 14 December, 2020 - 11:15 Ethiopian Arrafu Mbaye, 70-year-old who fled the Tigray conflict, burns wood to cook at the Um Raquba refugee camp | AFP Asharq Al-Awsat As fighting raged and bombs rained down on Ethiopia's Tigray region, 80-year-old Asafu Alamaya begged her daughters to flee with their children to Sudan, and to leave her to die at home. Her daughters refused to abandon their blind, frail mother in their war-ravaged home town of Humera, however, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's forces pressed a deadly military op...
Source: aawsat.com