Nariman El-Mofty

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War forces thousands of Tigrayan's into Sudan

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Abrahaley Minasbo.

This photograph is one of the earliest visual evidences showing atrocities by the Ethiopian government on Tigray people. Photographs are often the only evidence at hand to show the world.

Abrahaley Minasbo.
This photograph is one of the earliest visual evidences showing atrocities by the Ethiopian government on Tigray people. Photographs are often the only evidence at hand to show the world.

The banks of the Tekeze River.

The Hamdayet Transition Center.

Clinic in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif.

Tigray refugees who fled the co...et, eastern Sudan on Nov. 2020.

Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region carry their belongings off a boat after arriving on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan on Nov. 2020.

A bus going to the Village 8 te...near the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

A bus going to the Village 8 temporary camp, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Transport to Village 8 temporary refugee camp.

Sunday Mass at a church at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A priest speaks at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Sunday Mass at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

The banks of Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

Tigrayan refugees arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River.

Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Watching Tigray news on a television set up at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

UNHCR to distribution of blankets at Hamdayet Transition Center.

Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Tigray children fight over medical masks and sanitizer given out by NGO Maarif in Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Kalayu Hagos, 31, who recently ...nese Red Crescent (SRC) clinic.

Kalayu Hagos, 31, who recently fled Tigray and is severely wounded from conflict, receives treatment at the Sudanese Red Crescent (SRC) clinic.

Arrival at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ...c, in Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) makeshift clinic, in Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

People fight to receive cooked rice from charity organization Muslim Aid, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Arrival from Village 8, the transit center near the Lugdi border crossing, to Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Arrivals from Village 8, the transit center near the Lugdi border crossing, to Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A clinic run by Doctors Without...near the Lugdi border crossing.

A clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Village 8, the transit center near the Lugdi border crossing.

Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Hamdeyat Transition Center.

Nega Chekole, 30, from Humera, ...have been seared into his skin.

Nega Chekole, 30, from Humera, touches his stitched wound. He says he remembers being shot by militias before the war broke out on Nov. 4. The atrocities have been seared into his skin.

A mother holds her malnourished...c, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A mother holds her malnourished and severely dehydrated baby as nurses give him IV fluids, at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A 21-year-old malnourished and ...t, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A 21-year-old malnourished and 9-month pregnant refugee woman weeps as she is weighed inside the UNICEF tent, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

The Medecins Sans Frontieres (M...c, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Seid Mussa Omar, a 29-year-old ...at the SRC clinic, in Hamdayet.

Seid Mussa Omar, a 29-year-old Tigrayan nurse from Humera, treats a man at the SRC clinic, in Hamdayet.

Nurses tend to an elderly man i...n the Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Nurses tend to an elderly man inside a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in the Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A Sudanese midwife checks a mal...ic at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A Sudanese midwife checks a malnourished 9-month pregnant woman inside the Mercy Corps clinic at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Elsa Tesfa Berhe, 26, a reprodu...era to Hamdayet, eastern Sudan.

Elsa Tesfa Berhe, 26, a reproductive health official from Adwa, collects water a day after arriving from Humera to Hamdayet, eastern Sudan.

Hamdeyat Transition Center near the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

The banks of the Tekeze River, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

Hamdeyat Transition Center.

A Tigrinyan refugee woman breas...g, to Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A Tigrinyan refugee woman breastfeeds her one-year-old niece after their arrival from Village 8, the transit center near the Lugdi border crossing, to Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

A church near Hamdeyat Transition Cente.

Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia.

The entrance of Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

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Thumbnail of The banks of the Tekeze River.

Thumbnail of The Hamdayet Transition Center.

Thumbnail of Clinic in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif.

Thumbnail of Tigray refugees who fled the con_yet, eastern Sudan on Nov. 2020.

Thumbnail of A bus going to the Village 8 tem_ near the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

Thumbnail of Transport to Village 8 temporary refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Sunday Mass at a church at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of A priest speaks at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Sunday Mass at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of The banks of Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

Thumbnail of Tigrayan refugees arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River.

Thumbnail of Watching Tigray news on a televi_ up at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of UNHCR to distribution of blankets at Hamdayet Transition Center.

Thumbnail of Tigray children fight over medic_rif in Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Kalayu Hagos, 31, who recently f_anese Red Crescent (SRC) clinic.

Thumbnail of Arrival at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) m_ic, in Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of People fight to receive cooked r_id, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Arrival from Village 8, the tran_ng, to Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Arrivals from Village 8, the tra_ng, to Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of A clinic run by Doctors Without _ near the Lugdi border crossing.

Thumbnail of Hamdeyat Transition Center.

Thumbnail of Nega Chekole, 30, from Humera, t_ have been seared into his skin.

Thumbnail of A mother holds her malnourished _ic, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of A 21-year-old malnourished and 9_nt, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MS_ic, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Seid Mussa Omar, a 29-year-old T_ at the SRC clinic, in Hamdayet.

Thumbnail of Nurses tend to an elderly man in_in the Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of A Sudanese midwife checks a maln_nic at Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of Elsa Tesfa Berhe, 26, a reproduc_mera to Hamdayet, eastern Sudan.

Thumbnail of Hamdeyat Transition Center near the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

Thumbnail of The banks of the Tekeze River, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

Thumbnail of A Tigrinyan refugee woman breast_ng, to Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

Thumbnail of A church near Hamdeyat Transition Cente.

Thumbnail of Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia.

Thumbnail of The entrance of Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

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War forces thousands of Tigrayan's into Sudan

Copyright Nariman El-Mofty 2024

Updated May 2022

Tens of thousands of refugees from Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are in Sudan fleeing what most Tigrayans are calling “genocide,” since the war erupted on Nov. 4, 2020.

Nariman El-Mofty

Apr 20, 2022

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