a refugee sings of her yearning for home, for tigray. it sounds like a lament for ethiopia as well, a nation at risk of unravelling. you get a real sense here that this conflict is far from over. sense here that this conflict is farfrom over. the people of tigray have suffered so much in the past few months through famine and conflict that they are now talking about a clean break, full independence from ethiopia. a nation, they see as cruel and crumbling. and if that means they have to keep fighting for it, then so be it. another young man thrashes his way across the river border out of tigray. better to drown, he says, than stay behind and be killed by the militia. the refugee doctor doubts if ethiopia can survive all of this intact. i ethiopia can survive all of this intact. ethiopia can survive all of this intact. ., ., ., , this intact. i don t want to be in the same this intact. i don t want to be in the same position - this intact. i don t want to be in the same position wit
three teenage boys emerge from the gloom, trudging their way to safety. they have escaped from tigray overnight, over a river stop carrying nothing except stories of spiralling ethnic conflict. translation: some armed soldiers came from home to home and they gave us two days to leave. there is a kind of ethnic cleansing going on in the town, just across the border? on in the town, ust across the border? , , , border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and our- border? yes, yes, we feel bad, it is our country and our land. l it is our country and our land. the boys are of fighting age and may soon be needed back in tigray but for now they are safe just across the border in sudan. a grim life in this refugee camp beckons. in the makeshift clinic here, one remarkable refugee is looking after thousands.
sisters, killed my brothers and sisters, killed my brothers and sisters, destroyed my place. so the idea of ethiopia is gone. the summer storm season is beginning, adding to the anxieties here. i beginning, adding to the anxieties here. beginning, adding to the anxieties here. ., , , anxieties here. i cannot sleep at night. anxieties here. i cannot sleep at night, thinking anxieties here. i cannot sleep at night, thinking what - anxieties here. i cannot sleep at night, thinking what is - at night, thinking what is going at night, thinking what is going to happen to the kids. what going to happen to the kids. what am going to happen to the kids. what am i going to do the next day? what am i going to do the next day? what am i going to feed them? day? what am i going to feed them? when i see them, i feel sorry them? when i see them, i feel sorry for them? when i see them, i feel sorry for them. sorry for them. and so thousands sorry for them. and so thousands of - sor
remarkable refugee is looking afterthousands. part remarkable refugee is looking after thousands. part doctor, part chronicler of the typical decent tigray. decent tigray. people being held in camps, decent tigray. people being held in camps, with - decent tigray. people being held in camps, with no - decent tigray. people being held in camps, with no food decent tigray. people being - held in camps, with no food and no water. particularly they are being told that they are going to be punished by hunger. punished by hunger? start? his clinic is overwhelmed, notjust by the flood of new arrivals, a single mother of two here but overwhelmed by the stories. they have killed young men. i heard gunshots, i turned around, heard gunshots, i turned around, they were dead. you think the around, they were dead. you think the war around, they were dead. you think the war is around, they were dead. you. think the war is going to go on and on? it think the war is going to go on and on? ,
the safe limit, 1.5 degrees centigrade. now, we did achieve that last year but in the teeth of the pandemic, so the only good outcome from these recent extreme weather events is if it encourages the world to raise its carbon cutting game, when it meets at the landmark climate conference in glasgow in november. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the bbc has heard fresh reports of ethnic cleansing in tigray in northern ethiopia. tigrayan forces are continuing to extend their control over the region prompting the ethiopian government to abandon a unilateral ceasefire. more fighting is now expected in the west of tigray an area close to the border with sudan from where our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report.