CAIRO At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighbouring Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions between the two Eastern African nations. Violence in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz region is separate from the deadly conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. […]
7,000 flee western Ethiopia fighting - UN
Tuesday February 23 2021
Ethiopian refugees gather to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Tigray People s Liberation Front at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, on February 19, 2021. In remote eastern Sudan, refugee activists are keeping the flame burning for the former rebels who dominated Ethiopian politics before being ousted from their regional stronghold of Tigray last year. PHOTO/AFP.
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The displacement is not related to the unrest in Ethiopia s northern Tigray region, which has pushed more than 61,000 to flee also into Sudan in recent months.
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Around 7,000 people have fled rapidly-escalating communal violence in western Ethiopia, seeking safety in neighbouring Sudan, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Thousands flee Ethiopia violence, seek asylum in Sudan: UN
Violence in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz region is separate from the deadly conflict in Ethiopia s northern Tigray region.
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At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighboring Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press
CAIRO: At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighboring Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions between the two Eastern African nations.
Violence in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz region is separate from the deadly conflict in Ethiopia s northern Tigray region.
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