Desperate: Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to receive basic medical attention from an understaffed clinic run by the Sudanese Ministry of Health in the Sudanese border village of Hamdayet. Photo: Byron Smith/Getty
Ethiopia’s government denied yesterday that northern forces whom its troops have fought for a month would be able to mount a guerrilla insurgency, while diplomats said a United Nations team was shot at while trying to visit a refugee camp.