With the violence continuing, some 2.3 million children in the Tigray region do not have access to humanitarian assistance, according to UNICEF, the UN agency for children. With limited access to food, shelter or care, humanitarian organizations say many of the children are at risk of abuse and exploitation. I spoke with the children in the presence of aid workers, teachers or other adults. “I miss home,” said Daniel Yemane, who crossed alone into Sudan in the Hamdayet area after getting separated from his parents. Ataklti lived in Mai Kadra town in Tigray, where hundreds of people were reportedly killed in a massacre in early November.

Source: bd News24 December 21, 2020 03:45 UTC