After escaping the war in Sudan, several thousand refugees had been living in camps allocated to them in the Amhara region by Ethiopian authorities. But the refugees escaped to a forest in May after attacks, abductions, and rapes in the camps. “This [new] camp is also located in the Amhara region,” he said. Handout/TNH A picture of the forest site where thousands of Sudanese refugees are currently living after escaping insecure camps in Amhara region. On 15 June, a trader from Khartoum called Adam Mohamed, said he was returning from a market near the forest site when three armed men beat him up, while seven others stood watching.