For better protection and humanitarian assistance, UNHCR, in collaboration with partners, is undertaking a shelter addressing exercise in all the six refugee camps in Gambella region. The exercise, which started on 7 March, involves marking of shelters using permanent paint indicating the plot address. The address with make it easier to locate refugees and improve on provision of services and assistance. About 20,000 transitional shelters and 38,000 emergency shelters/tents are being marked with addresses during the exercise.

A cross-border raid in Gambella region on Friday, 15 April by armed men said to be from the Murle ethnic group in South Sudan left over 200 people dead, 108 children reportedly kidnapped and dozens of people wounded. The Ethiopian government Disaster Prevention and Food Security Agency (DPFSA) said no South Sudanese refugee was affected by the raid, which was unprecedented as it was well-coordinated and happened at various locations at the same time. Over 21,000 people were reportedly displaced by the raid.

Following the road accident in Jewi camp and the violent incidents, UNHCR and other humanitarian workers were forced to withdraw from Jewi, Kule and Tierkidi refugee camps while contact with refugees was done through remote monitoring. Area Security Management Team (ASMT) meetings were held to discuss the insecurity during which appropriate measures were taken including restrictions on movement of UN and other humanitarian agencies.

In April, 1,599 Sudanese refugees from South Kordofan State arrived in Yida, bringing the number of new arrivals since 1st January 2016 to 4,635. represent

In Yida settlement, UNHCR kicked off in late April an operation to verify some 70,000 refugees from Sudan's South Kordofan.

Over 30,000 arrived from South Sudan to Uganda since the beginning of the year.

Development of new refugee camp in White Nile is underway. Aljame’ya refugee camp will house 5,000 households and is planned for completion by mid-January.

Le HCR et ses partenaires ont commencé les travaux au nouveau site de Kaka dans territoire de Dungu. Des abris transitionnels et latrines pour 200 ménages sont

Des réfugiés fuyant l’état de Amadi au Sud Soudan sont arrivés au site de Meri après avoir marché 10 jours.

Preliminary findings from UNHCR SENS completed for West Kordofan indicate critical GAM and anaemia rates among refugee children aged 0-59 months.