Thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from their loved ones, fled on foot through harsh terrain to escape the artillery and gunfire of Ethiopia's drawn-out war. The attacks played out again this month, after the Bahrale refugee camp in the northeastern Afar region sustained what survivors described as a brazen assault by rebels from neighbouring Tigray. Hundreds of Bahrale refugees have sought shelter at the Agda Hotel in Afar's capital, Semera. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES