Tigarian in Sudan Narrates Sufferings of War in Ethiopia

Despite the calm in the Tigray region, the suffering of tens of thousands of displaced Ethiopians continues in Sudan.

In Hamdait camp, located in the Umm Rakuba district in the Sudanese state of Gedaref, where thousands of Ethiopian refugees gathered, they kept narrating the negative effects of the ongoing conflicting, according to the Guardian on Sunday.

Brhane Haftu, a Geography teacher said that before the war eruption, life in Tigray was idyllic.

Haftu continued that "I was rich, not because of money, but happiness. I had my home, my cellar, my TV, my kitchen, my refrigerator."

Haftu and his daughter are among 3,000 in the camp, while his wife remains alive in Tigray; he said that he could not reach her for 3 weeks due to the communication blackout.

He continued that "when the war started, I was hiding for weeks, yet I decided to flee eventually."

He added that ''He and his wife were both teachers at a school in Tigray. On early mornings, he would jog around its grounds and near Humera’s vast farmlands, which produce sesame and corn, before the war changes all of that."

"I don’t see my future in Tigray. My future is maybe in Sudan, or somewhere abroad,” he says. “All my belongings are gone, evaporated. I have no hope for Tigray – it has completely changed."

More than 45,000 refugees fled the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray over the past month, as the deadly conflict continued. Many wait restlessly, hoping to return home. Others hope to collect the belongings they suddenly abandoned.

Hamdayet is one of two camps along Sudan’s southern border.

It has been said that many tried to flee Tigray yet were stopped by Ethiopian forces.