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UNFPA Sudan Response to the Ethiopian Refugees Situation report #5, January 27 2021 Format Highlights: Starting in early November 2020, the conflict in the Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia, has led to the flight of Ethiopian civilians to seek shelter in eastern Sudan through four border points -Hamdayet (Kassala State), Ludgi and Abderafi (Gedarif State), and Wad Almahi (Blue Nile State). As of January 25th, 60,224 individuals were registered in Kassala, Gedarif and Blue Nile by UNHCR and COR with daily arrivals since the 10th of November averaging at 7821. About 50% of the arrivals have be...

At least 5 dead in Sudan border attack as tensions with Ethiopia escalate CNN 1/14/2021 By Nima Elbagir, CNN © Transitional Sovereign Council press office During his visit Wednesday to Gedarif State, General Al-Burhan met with Sudanese troops stationed on the Sudan-Ethiopia border. Sudan says at least five women were killed in border attacks by Ethiopian government-backed militias and it will use all "available means" to respond. Tensions have simmered between the two countries for decades over the contested Al-Fashqa region, which falls on the Sudanese side of their disp...

Sudan says an Ethiopian military aircraft entered its airspace in “a dangerous escalation” to a border dispute that has seen deadly clashes in recent weeks. “In a dangerous and unjustified escalation, an Ethiopian military aircraft penetrated the Sudanese-Ethiopian borders,” Sudan’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the move “could have dangerous ramifications and cause more tension in the border region”. The ministry also warned Ethiopia against repeating “such hostilities”. An Ethiopian military spokesman, General Mohamed Tessema, told the AFP ...

UNFPA Sudan Response to the Ethiopian Refugees Situation report #4, December 30, 2020 Format Updates and key figures: As a result of crisis escalation in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, refugees have been arriving into Sudan since November 9, 2020. The arrivals are entering through three locations along the Ethiopian borders: Hamdayet (Kassala State), Ludgi and Abderafi (Gedarif State) and Wad Al Mahi (Blue Nile State). UNHCR and COR have registered over 54,411 Ethiopian refugees in Kassala, Gedaref, and Blue Nile states. As of 29 December 2020, 20,572 refugees relocated from Hamdaye...