GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The U.N. refugee agency reports intercommunal violence in Ethiopia’s Western Benishangul Gumuz region has sent thousands of people fleeing for safety to Sudan’s Blue Nile State in recent weeks. Insecurity in Ethiopia’s Metekel zone in Benishangul Gumuz region has been ongoing since 2019. The escalating violence prompted the federal government of Ethiopia to declare a state of emergency in the Metekel zone on January 21. Baloch said many of the refugees who recently fled Ethiopia have arrived in hard-to-reach locations along the border. “The region is in western Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News February 23, 2021 15:33 UTC