Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees arrive at a temporary site in Tsore, Ethiopia, after fleeing clashes in other parts of the country's Benishangul Gumuz region. © UNHCR/UNHCR/Adelina Gomez MonteagudoUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees after they fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan. Since December last year the situation has been very tense in the Benishangul Gumuz region, which hosts more than 70,000 Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees and over 500,000 internally displaced Ethiopians. Benishangul Gumuz regional authorities have shown solidarity with refugees and identified a new temporary site with capacity to accommodate 20,000 people. Three other refugee camps in the Benishangul Gumuz region – Bambasi, Sherkole and Tsore ­– remain fully accessible and all services there are functioning.

Source: Ethiopian News February 04, 2022 23:12 UTC