SUDAN, Gedaref Region, Eastern border with Ethiopia/Tigray Region. Al Hashaba. 14 December 2020.
Ethnic Tigray, Ethiopian, refugees who fled the central government’s military offensive against what is perceived as separatism by the Tigray regional government and it’s military branch TPLF.
When crossing into Sudan the refugees settle in unoccupied, unfinished houses at Al Hashaba Village 8, built for local Sudanese being resettled after the building of a Tekeze river dam.
Some Sudanese families and military live in the camp, village Al Hashaba.
The Sudanese government tries to move the refugees into the Um Rakuba camp.
MSF runs the water supplies and has an emergency clinic in the camp.