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Africa Correspondent @ Swiss Radio&TV SRF @SRFnews / Board member @IPAEastAfrica / Likes railroads, brass and birds. Dislikes motivational quotes and airports.
Jun 29, 2023 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
I have never encountered such a dramatic stituation like in eastern #Chad.
The stories of the refugees from #Darfur are devestating. Aid organisations are overwhelmed with the number of people.
A thread...
#Sudan #SudanCrisis Around 15'000 people have reached the border town Adré in the last two weeks. Most of them were fleeing violence in Geneina. An improvised camp at the high school of Adré has sprung up. Here are some of the stories people tell:
Mar 27, 2023 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
After 2 years of war, the #Tigray region in #Ethiopia is recovering slowly.
People are traumatized but also hopeful.
A thread with pictures from my latest trip. In #Adigrat people live in an IDP camp in a secondary school. A mother with 5 children sleeps on a blackboard (left), covered with plastic sheets. Nights in mountaineous Tigray can be cold.
The family can not return home. «There are still militia at our village», the mother says.