Tensions on Ethiopia’s border with Sudan

The World

In East Africa, there’s a potential humanitarian disaster unfolding. The conflict in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region started more than a month ago. In that time, more than 50,000 people have fled the fighting and crossed the border into Sudan. Now, tensions are surging at the border. The World’s Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi reports.

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