WEEK SO WELL SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN
TOMORROW AS THE POLLS CLOSE.
>>> STAYING OVERSEAS FOR A
MOMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
DISPATCHED A DIPLOMATIC
DELEGATION LED BY DELAWARE
SENATOR CHRIS COONS TO ETHIOPIA
WHERE THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE THEIR
HOMES AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF
WARFARE WITH ABOUT 60,000
REFUGEES ESCAPING TO NEARBY
SUDAN.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS
CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE AND MADE
ALLEGATIONS OF ETHNIC CLEANSING
IN THE REGION, WHICH ETHIOPIA IS
DENYING.
SKY NEWS AFRICA CORRESPONDENT
JOHN SPARKS TRAVELLED TO THE
TOWN OF SHERAY WHERE A CRISIS IS
UNFOLDING AND A WARNING TO OUR
VIEWERS, SOME OF THE IMAGES
WERE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU ARE
DISTURBING.
>> Reporter: THERE IS AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE THAT
OFFERS SOME SORT OF SANCTUARY.
A PLACE OFRE FUGE FOR PEOPLE ON
THE RUN AND THEY HAVE ARRIVED IN
A CITY NOW GRIPPED BY A
HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY.
AND THERE IS LITTLE HERE TO KEEP
THEM ALIVE.
>> THERE IS NO FOOD.
AND THERE IS NOT SHELTER.
AND THERE IS NOT THE BASIC
NEEDS.
SO IF YOU COME, YOU HAVE TO
ADDRESS THE WORLD.
>> A HUMAN TIDE OF 300,000 ARE
NOW CAMPING IN THIS BELEAGUERED
CITY.
AFTER A HAZARDOUS JOURNEY FROM A
WESTERN AREA, AND MANY HERE,
BOTH YOUNG AND OLD ARE
STRUGGLING.
>> TELL ME HOW YOURE FEELING.
>> SOME HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE
THEIR HOMES.
OTHERS HAVE BEEN BANISHED BY
MILITIAS FROM THE NEIGHBORING
REGION OF ANHARA.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS CALLED
IT ETHNIC CLEANSING.
THIS WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER HAVE
JUST ARRIVED.
>> THIS MUST BE A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU.
>> Reporter: SHES A CIVIL
SERVANT FROM A CITY CALLED
RUMERA, AND SHE SAYS SHES LOST
EVERYTHING SHE OWNS.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOURE GOING TO SLEEP TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: THERES NOT MUCH
SPACE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
AND CONDITIONS AT FIVE OTHER
CAMPS IN THE CITY ARE THE SAME.
THE AIR FILLED WITH SMOKE.
AND THE CONTINUOUS SOUND OF
PEOPLE COUGHING.
ITS SO CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN HERE,
THERES BARELY ANY ROOM TO MOVE
INSIDE, AND NEW CAMP RESIDENTS
ARE ARRIVING ALL THE TIME.
ALTHOUGH I DONT THINK YOU CAN
CALL THIS A DISPLACEMENT CAMP.
ITS MORE LIKE A TEST OF HUMAN
ENDURANCE. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> Reporter: NO FOOD.
NO SERVICES.
AT THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
28-YEAR-OLD SUFFERS FROM A
MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND HIS FATHER, A PRIEST, HAS
DECIDED TO KEEP HIM IN CHAINS. ITS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN COPE.
>> Reporter: AID ORGANIZATIONS
WERENT PERMITTED HERE UNTIL
RECENTLY.
AND THE LOCAL HOSPITAL CANT
MEET DEMAND.
THIS IS THE CORRIDOR OF THE MAIN
RECEPTION.
THEY ARE SHORT OF BEDS AND
ROUTINE MEDICATION.
LIKE BASIC PAIN RELIEF.
THIS MAN WAS STITCHED UP WITHOUT
AN ANESTHETIC DURING OUR VISIT.
THE WAR IN TEGRAY HAS PUT
EVERYONE UNDER TERRIBLE PRESSURE
SAYS THE DIRECTOR.
>> THE PHYSICIANS, WE ARE DOING
OUR BEST, BUT IT IS REALLY HARSH
LABOR, ITS HARSH CONDITION, AND
ITS STILL WHERE WE HAVE NEEDS,
BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY
BUSINESS WORK --
>> GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND SHRAPNEL
INJURIES HAVE BECOME A MATTER OF
ROUTINE, BUT SOME PATIENTS CANT
JUST BE PATCHED UP.
8-YEAR-OLD EL ABRAHAM WAS SHOT
IN THE HEAD BY MILITIA MEN IN
WESTERN TEGRAY.
HIS MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND
BROTHER WERE KILLED.
>> HES TOO YOUNG.
HES EIGHT YEARS OLD.
AND HE KNOWS THEYRE DEAD.
BUT IF YOU LOOK HERE AT THE
INJURY, YOU CAN SEE, ONE IS
HERE, AND IT WAS IN, ON THE SIDE
OF HIS HEAD.
AND THEN OUT.
>> Reporter: THEYVE BEEN CAUGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE FOR
POWER.