Tigrayan Displaced Families Fear New Conflict as Return Prospects Diminish
Displaced households in Ethiopia's Tigray region worry about a renewed war, with hundreds of thousands unable to go home and daily life hanging in uncertainty.
POLICY WIRE — Abi Adi, Ethiopia — Families forced from western Tigray are living with the constant dread that fighting could flare again, while hopes of returning to their villages continue to shrink.
In a former high school in Abi Adi, rows of mattresses, cooking pots and personal items now replace desks and chalkboards as displaced households share cramped rooms that once hosted classes.
Humanitarian assessments estimate that hundreds of thousands of people remain uprooted from western Tigray, cut off from their land, property and traditional livelihoods.
Even the reopening of Mekelle, the regional capital, has offered scant consolation as insecurity, scarce jobs and soaring prices keep daily life precarious for those still on the move.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
