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Fighting Flares In The Afar Region
SILSA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24: Woman currently residing at the Silsa Internally Displaced Peoples' (IDP) camp line up for aid provided by Islamic Relief - Ethiopia on March 24, 2022 in Silsa, Ethiopia. The TPLF renewed attacks on the Afar region in January of 2022 attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts in December of 2021. The woman seen here are some of the over 43,000 occupants of the IDP camp at Silsa who came from the 6 woredas invaded by the TPLF. Adequate food and water along with proper sanitation are major issues at the Silsa IDP cam. According to Kamil Humed, Deputy Manager of the Afar Development Association the recent attacks have increased the number of Internally Displaced People (IDP's) to 350,000 spread across 14 sites in Afar. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)
Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray
SILSA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24, 2022: Woman currently residing at the Silsa Internally Displaced Peoples' (IDP) camp line up for aid provided by Islamic Relief - Ethiopia on March 24, 2022 in Silsa, Ethiopia. The TPLF renewed attacks on the Afar region in January of 2022 attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts in December of 2021. The woman seen here are some of the over 43,000 occupants of the IDP camp at Silsa who came from the 6 woredas invaded by the TPLF. Adequate food and water along with proper sanitation are major issues at the Silsa IDP cam. According to Kamil Humed, Deputy Manager of the Afar Development Association the recent attacks have increased the number of Internally Displaced People (IDP's) to 350,000 spread across 14 sites in Afar. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)
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Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray
SILSA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24: Azier Muhammed-Muhammed of Konnaba recounts loosing her sister when the TPLF shelled the town of Konnaba during their attacks in January of 2022 at the Silsa Internally Displaced Peoples' (IDP) camp on March 24, 2022 in Silsa, Ethiopia. Azier stated that the TPLF began shelling the town in January before advancing on it. Her sister was killed and she barely had time to bury her before she and her three daughters had to flee when the shelling resumed. Azier came to Silsa with her only remaining belongings, the cloths on her back, her three daughters and a family friend. Her two sons stayed behind to defend the town against the TPLF. The TPLF renewed attacks on the Afar region in January of 2022 attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts in December of 2021. Azier is just one of the 43,000 occupants of the IDP camp at Silsa who came from the 6 woredas invaded by the TPLF.
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Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray
DUBTI, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24, 2022: Two of the more than a dozen patients wounded during attacks by the TPLF are seen in a recovery wing at the Dubti General Hospital on March 24, 2022 in Dubti, Ethiopia. The victims are recovering from various injuries sustained when the TPLF commenced attacks on multiple sites in the Afar region, attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts throughout Ethiopia in December of 2021. According to Kamil Humed, Deputy Manager of the Afar Development Association the recent attacks have increased the number of Internally Displaced People (IDP's) to 350,000 spread across 14 sites in Afar. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)
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Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray
AFDERA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 25: A woman from Berhale cooks food at the Ezana Berhale IDP site on March 25, 2022 in Afdera, Ethiopia. The Ezana Berhale IDP site is the location of one of 4 IDP sites in Afdera and currently hosts 1,516 individual men, woman and children mainly from the town of Berhale in the Afar region. Afdera itself is currently home to over 24,000 IDP's from towns like Erebti, Berhale and Abala which are located within some of the 6 woreda's attacked and occupied by the TPLF in the first months of 2022. The IDP's in the camps contend with limited supplies of food, water and preparation materials in addition to challenges of proper sanitation and ground temperatures which can hover at around 40 degrees celsius. The latest round of attacks by the TPLF led to a rise in the number of internally displaced people (IDP's) in Afar which is currently said to number at over 350,000. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)
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Urgent Need For Food Aid In Amhara, Which Hosts Many Displaced By Tigray War
HAYK, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 28: Thirty-nine year old Adia Amar details his experiences during his efforts to leave Tigray and reasons why he sought refuge in the Amhara region at the IDP camp at Tebis on March 28, 2022 in Tula, Ethiopia. Adia, who initially left Tigray earlier this year stated that he left the IDP camp at Kobo in Northern Wollo, Amhara region to seek more freedom and a more open environment over the camp conditions he faced in the Kobo IDP camp he was in 24 days prior. He also stated that he initially felt apprehension entering the Amhara region because all state media in Tigray painted the ENDF and FANO as killers. He has since revised his assessment of both FANO and ENDF. "I never supported this war. It is not in the interest of either the Amhara or Tigrayens. In Tigray all aid that comes into the region goes to TPLF leaders first, followed by their followers and TPLF special forces.
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Urgent Need For Food Aid In Amhara, Which Hosts Many Displaced By Tigray War
HAYK, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 28, 2022: Twenty-six year old Simone Tekli details his experiences around the reasons he left Tigray and why he sought refuge in the Amhara region at the IDP camp at Tebis on March 28, 2022 in Tula, Ethiopia. Simone sought to avoid joining the TPLF and actually feared the repercussions around that decision to not join the war effort. With his business destroyed he fled the TPLF and entered the Amhara region in January. He spent 41 days in prison in Kobo before being able to change locations and come to the IDP center at Tebis. "I felt like all amhara felt bad about us coming here from Tigray but in this camp I feel better. We could use more aid, more drinking water and utensils to prepare our meals." State authorities in Amhara recently said that 11.6 million people in the region are in need of food aid, including hundreds of thousands displaced by the conflict between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces.
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