SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Attacks leave Sudan refugees stranded in Ethiopian forest

7/6/2024: Reuters - Attacks leave Sudan refugees stranded in Ethiopian forest

Reuters report on the plight of around 8,000 Sudanese refugees stranded in a forest in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia following repeated attacks by gunmen on Kumer and Awlala refugee camps.

6,000 walked to the UN refugee agency’s HQ in Amhara to protest their conditions but were stopped by police, whereas 2,000 had to flee Kumer camp after gunmen fired at them.  

With the refugees staying in makeshift dwellings made out of branches, cholera has spread in Kumer amid a shortage of doctors and the refugees face violence when venturing to the valley to wash.

Many of them began a 10-day hunger strike over conditions as supplies ran low, which they stopped after donations came in from Sudanese abroad, the only assistance received so far.