NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing to take in up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary. Axel Bisschop, the agency’s representative in Sudan, told reporters that “nobody at this stage can say exactly how many will come,” but U.N. officials said fighting continues between Ethiopian government and Tigray regional government forces. The refugees are arriving in a very remote area, and humanitarians must create a crisis response virtually from zero even as up to 5,000 refugees continue to arrive every day. The UNICEF country representative in Sudan, Abdullah Fadil, said about 45% of the refugees are children under age 18. Food, fuel and medical supplies are running desperately short in the Tigray region.

Source: Ethiopian News November 20, 2020 11:37 UTC