Hundreds flee Ethiopia’s Tigray into Sudan after border fighting
Hundreds of Ethiopians from the northern Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan over the past two days, fleeing fighting near the border, Sudanese security and medical sources told AFP. Hundreds flee Ethiopia’s Tigray into Sudan after border fighting The influx comes as Sudan itself remains engulfed in a brutal war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , which erupted in April 2023. A member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said clashes involving heavy artillery and drones between the Ethiopian army and Tigray rebels broke out in the western Tigray area of Shererina, near the Sudanese border, early on Saturday and continued until around 5:00 pm . A Sudanese security source in the border town of Hamdayet said arrivals from Tigray included wounded fighters. A medical source at a border health centre said the injured received first aid before being transferred to al-Hashaba, 15 kilometres inside Sudan and home to thousands displaced by the 2020-2022 war between the Ethiopian army and Tigray rebels. The security source said al-Hashaba, also known as …
