Refugees at a makeshift camp in Tigray, Ethiopia. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
She had just been crowned world champion, but Ethiopian marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase broke down in tears when asked if her family was celebrating her win back home in war-torn Tigray.
“I haven't spoken to my parents in months,” she said, wiping her eyes as she spoke at a news conference during the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, in the northwestern US state of Oregon, in July.
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