For years, he’d watched fellow Eritreans escaping military service, economic hardship, or persecution settle in other countries, including Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. (Feseha’s organization, the Eri Yiakl Foundation, estimates that there are more than 260,000 Eritrean refugees in those countries.) We thought the refugees were safe in Ethiopia,” Feseha said. Because communications in the region were shut down, it has been difficult to understand exactly what is happening in the Tigray region, Feseha explained. It was in Sudan, the members of the Eri Yiakl Foundation decided, that they would concentrate their efforts.

Source: Ethiopian News February 11, 2021 13:07 UTC