the northern da for when war started ins to dance western region of dar for i. li mahmud says he didn't expect it to reach his village in the wheeler in its north, but eventually it did, and he and his family were forced to find refuge in this camp. luna, and when we fled our homes in 2003, it was sheltering in the open or under trees. we thought it wouldn't last and continued farming that year, but couldn't harvest anything cuz it done to new know people were killed, homes were burned, families was separated as i fled. i was separated from my sons and only found them when the camp was set up. the dar forward killed more than 300000 people and over 2000000 were forced from their homes according to the un, 20 years on many areas in the region remain devastated from the war. villages and towns were emptied, as people fled seeking safety. several camps have been set up across the region to shelter those, escaping the fighting. many camps for the displaced and therefore have turned into towns, seemingly replacing those destroyed during years of war. but they all like basic services. there i