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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands Endure Long Wait for Safety at Sudan-Ethiopia Border

People fleeing war-torn Sudan queue to board a boat from Port Sudan on April 28, 2023. (AFP)

An interminable row of minibuses lines the road that separates Sudan's southeastern city of Gedaref from the Ethiopian border, slowly bringing people fleeing Sudan's war closer to safety.

There, families have been "sleeping on the ground out in the open", said Oktay Oglu, a Turkish engineer who worked at a factory in the capital Khartoum before escaping with his family.

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