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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
James C. Reynolds

‘We walked over corpses’: Mother reveals journey out of hell in northern Ethiopia during Tigray war

Shushay and her six children fled their home in northern Ethiopia - (ShelterBox)

“When the enemy entered, we fled. Those who escaped, escaped; those who died, died. We walked over corpses. We were lucky to escape.”

Shushay and her six children were among the three million people displaced from their homes during the Tigray conflict between 2020-2022. Thousands of people were killed in the war that pitted local fighters against federal troops allied with fighters from other regions.

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